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'File 5/C Kuwait Najd Boundary' [‎225r] (451/468)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (231 folios). It was created in 1 Nov 1920-24 Feb 1923. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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«
V
In the name of Sod the merciful, the compassionate.
The frontier between Najd and Kuwait begins in the vest from
the Junction of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. al Aujah( 7. al AudJ a) with A1 Batin
(SI Batin) leaving Al Raq ! i (Rikai) to Sajd, from this point
it continues in a straight line until it .loins latitude 29°
and the red semi-circle referred to in Article 5 of the
Anglo-Turkish agreement of 29 th July 1913. The line then
follows the side of the red semi-circle until it reaches a
point terminating (sin) on the coast south of Has al ^ali’ah
(Has el Kaliyah) and this is the indisputable southern
frontier of hajd territory. The portion of territory bounded
on the North by this line and which is bounded on the 'Jest by
a low mountainous ridge called al Shaq (Esh Shakk) and on the
East by the sea and on the south by a line passing from
West to East from .Al 3haq (Esh Shakk) to Ain al ’Abd (Ain el
Abd) and thence to the coast north of Has al Hish^ab. (Has
hishaab), in this territory the Governments of Najd and Kuweit
will share equal rights until through the good offices of
the Govern.ent of Great Britain a further agreement is made
between Najd and Kuwait concerning it.
The map on which t^is boundary has been drawn is Asia 1.1000000
made by the Royal Geographical Society under the direction of
the Geographical Section General Staff and printed at the
War Office in the year 1918.
«
Written in the port of il ’UqaUr and signed by the
representatives of both Governments on the second day of
December 1922 corresponding to 1.3th of Rabi 1 al Thani, 1341.
Sd. Abdulla Sa’id Damluji, R^presentativr of H.H. the Sultan
of Najd.
Sd. J.C. More, Major, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuweit.
I have agreed to the contents of this agreement!
seal.
Sultan of Najd and its Dependencies, Abdul Aziz ibn Abdul
R ahm an al 3 a * u d.
I have agreed to the contents of this
agreement. Seal. Hakim of Kuweit,al Jibar
al Sabbah.
Translator’s note. The spelling of pl^ce names in brackets is that]
used in the map referred to in the treaty.

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Content

The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, printed reports, and notes for the period from November 1920 to February 1923 relating to the Kuwait/Najd boundary.

The main topics discussed include:

The volume includes an index (folio 232) which lists topics including: air reconnaissance; boundary, Kuwait-Iraq; Chasib mission; Council for Kuwait; letters with Ibn Sa'ud; trade with Najd.

The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain; the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait (James Carmichael More); the Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia, Baghdad (Arnold Talbot Wilson).

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1 volume (231 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 233; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-232; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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