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File 7251/1920 Pt 2 'Arabia: Nejd-Iraq and Nejd-Kuwait Boundaries; Iraq-Nejd Treaty; Nejd-Kuwait Agreement' [44r] (83/360)
The record is made up of 1 item (179 folios). It was created in 12 Jan 1922-2 Jul 1923. It was written in English. 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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No. 4-S of 1923,
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Forwarded to tde Government of indxa- in'^Dhe -Foreigi and
political Department, for information, in continuation < f
this office letter No.299-Se, dated the 14th April 1922
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Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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The 2nd January 1923.
Extract paragraph 195 frcsn me Kussait Diary for the
period from 1st to 8th Decemher 1922.
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Extract paragraph 195 fro® the Kuwait Diary for me
period from 1st to 8th December 1922.
KUWAIT gHONTISR.
At the meeting between His Excellency the High
Gotimissioner for Iraq and Ibn Sa*ud which took place at
tUqair from the Z/m Novanber to the 3rd December, at which
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.
was also present, the question ot ^
Frontier between Kuvait and Nejd came up for Discussion.
An agreement was arrived at by which the Frontier starts
from the junction of the mdi al-»Aujah with the uatm on
toe west, leaving Riqa.i to Nejd/ Fran this point it runs
in a straight line to the junction of the 29th parallel of
latitude with the red semi-circle on the trap attached to
the draft Anglo-Turkish Agreement dated tne 29m July 1913 *
and thence follows the red semi-circle to me sea south of
al-Qulai*ali.
The above ton® the southern hountay of the recognise
territory of W»lt, 0* the tract of leni Oounaeo on e
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This part of the volume contains correspondence and other papers concerning relations between Nejd, Iraq, Kuwait, and the British authorities. The majority of the correspondence is interdepartmental in nature and is between the Colonial Office and the 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. . Further correspondence, included as enclosures, comes from the High Commissioner in Iraq, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), 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. in Kuwait, 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. in Bahrain, the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], ruler of Kuwait.
The main subject of this part is the lead up to and events following the conferences involving the Arab rulers of Nejd, Iraq, and Kuwait, or their representatives, in Mohammerah and Uqair, under the presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of the British. Treaty relations were established that dealt mostly with the delineation of boundaries between the three territories. Other subjects covered by the papers include the activities of the Akhwan [Ikhwan], relations between some of the desert tribes, and the reported death of Ibn Rashid.
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- File 7251/1920 Pt 2 'Arabia: Nejd-Iraq and Nejd-Kuwait Boundaries; Iraq-Nejd Treaty; Nejd-Kuwait Agreement'
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- 4r:8v, 10r:17v, 17ar:17av, 18r:20v, 22r:23v, 25r:31v, 42r:59v, 62r:84v, 86r:95v, 97r:127v, 129r:148v, 150r:158v, 160r:182v
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