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File 7251/1920 Pt 2 'Arabia: Nejd-Iraq and Nejd-Kuwait Boundaries; Iraq-Nejd Treaty; Nejd-Kuwait Agreement' [138r] (271/360)
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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Tel egrpm E,i clal r.
?r o;n .... High Comai^sioa-r, Ba,.;hclad %
To Poll ties] , Bahrain.
No. 123,
Dated 25th January 1922.
Send translation fo]!^ v, : ^ o T ‘bn Saud.
Begins. Your friend is exceedingly glad to know that
Your Highness concurs as to urgency for establishnent
agreemen t between Hajd and Iraq ana greatly appreciates
your readiness to consider his reconneadaticn. Alter
native proposals wiiicn you have put forw- rci have been
discussed by me and King Pei sal we agree that for the
cogent reasons which you mention it would be n ref rable
tii r t preliminary details of proposed agreement should be
di scus s ed betw °en rep resen ta live s b efo re You r Hi>.hn es s
and King Peisal meet but unfortunotely just at present
juncture owin^ to incidence of pressing matters such as
draf ting of Iraq Constitutional Lav/ and carrying out
elections for the assembly I cannot absent myself from
Iraq for long enough to proceed to Katef. Therefore
recommend ana hope Your Highness will accept following
solution. That one or two competent representatives on
your behalf aXter learning Your Highness* vies and
receiving your full instructions and authority should come
to Kuwait or preferably to mohammerah to meet Iraq repre
sentatives and an officer representing myself. At any time
sixould my pres ea c e be :neeued i n c onnec tion wita .any parti
cular difficulty I could proceed quickly to Pbhammerah or
Kuwait for a day or two. This would bn couveniont for
your friends and by above means your own time would not be
wastea ‘ana it should be possible for the representatives
to frame preliminary draft for the treaty. Later after
you and King Peisal have accepted the principles of draft
we
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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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- 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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