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File 7251/1920 Pt 2 'Arabia: Nejd-Iraq and Nejd-Kuwait Boundaries; Iraq-Nejd Treaty; Nejd-Kuwait Agreement' [145r] (285/360)
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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feU^am from secretary ofxotate to Viceroy Forei;gi ^partroeiit dated
18th February 1921.
i rS ^*ity iu
IQ^L Your telegfM of 15Ui February, 901 «i. Ohar-s© of esopotamie
has been formally vransferred to Colonial ffice, and this Cifice
has no longer any responsibility,direct or indirect.
His iajesty’s <«eTemment have this week approved report of an
interdepartmental Comittee re 5 ardi?^ 4ii4e*week*eapreve4-reee#4
constitution and scope of new . iddie ..ast Departnefit of Colonial
office, copies of which are beinfi seiit by nail* As regards Arabian
littoral of
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
His J ajasty’s Government appreciate view*
expressed in your secret letter fo. 72, 29th July.
Jhey rec jpise inagnitude of Indian interests, and fact that
peace which Gulf has so Ion, enjoyed is due tu the ©ificient and
un ;batrusive administration of your Government. Vhey are, Uiere-
fore, snxious that this should continue. But inaasaich aa whole
purpose if creation of new oenartment ia to unify control, they have
decided t at higher nolicy of ,-jrahia, including rersian Gulf coast,
iAust be directed by Colonial office. It is accordingly proposed
that while £oasl re ains colder control of ioliticnl iesident,
rushire, appointed by you, as at present, he should coft*nunicate
direct with CoioniHl office ra^ardiwg Arabian coast, that functions
of i ovemaent of India should be confined to administrative and
purely locsl matters, prior concurrence of colonial office being
obtained to any measures of political ei/i if slice, and tha^ relations
of 1 is majesty's jovemi/i©nt with Bin ^aud should be conductea
exclusively by Colonial office through lulltical esident, nuahire.
Apportioniaent* of expenditure between Hit i ajesty’s UovenimenL and
(>overn.iient of India reiiksins for consideration.
...ecreUry of state for tolonie* •jroceeaa to Cairo early arch
to meet KiJi Co; imiesioners ad ueneral officers to- man dm., f
. ut -.ii- a d .u ?l i t, md •aidant, Uw*. • }* •
I oiitical asident, Buahir*. ahould, if rioBsibia, attmd tha meatints.
1 trust your Government will not object, sending consideration of
Co mittee’s report on which I await your tiwwe. If you ,
cl ease instruct uesident accordingly. *ase repeat to n^hdad.
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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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