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File 22/23 III Kuwait Conference [17r] (33/200)
The record is made up of 1 volume (99 folios). It was created in 22 Mar 1924-16 Aug 1925. 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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Translation of a letter, dated 2nd April i£-4, from the Trvms*
Jordanian delegates to the British Representative at the
Kuwait Conference,,
•* •** **
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We have proved at our previous meetings that Jauf,
&){. Sakakah and
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
tilrhan are a ivirt of Syria and separatee*
froia Hajd by the Nafud, which is a natural boundary and that
no other would be a suitable frontier between Trans—iTordania
which iis part of Syria and Najd e The delegates of Najd main
tain that they cannot leave this area because it is on their
line of communication^ to Damascus, and to arrive at a peace -
ful solution we agreed to their said claiia arid asjted that the
discussion be United to their line of communication*,that xa
to say to Jauf and Sakakah alone which should be made into a
neutral zone which both parties would recognize. They i tfusei
however,^ fctawy demanded that V/adi Slrhan also should be in—
eluded in the discussion, and to prove that we want peace and
an agreement and do not wish to put any obst4cle» in the way
of the Conference v/e agree to include
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Slrhan too in tie
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discussion and to its being formed into a neutral zone 4s well.
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Jauf and Sakakah, as was one of your own suggestions. We
k
think we have left no chance for the Najd delegates to object
to this#
A few days ago the tribes of Najd raided the 1 Iraq tribes witr
• •
in the territory of ’Iraq, and we have now heard that Najd
1 ' ,
trfi^bes are concentrating to riiid againand are constituting a
danger to the town of Kuwait which is the headquarter* of the
Gonference. It is consequently necessary for us to leave
Kuwait as we think you will agree.
* Usual ending#
Sd/~ ’All Khulkl Ibrahim Hashim
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the 1923-24 Kuwait Conference to arbitrate the Najd- Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan and Najd-Hijaz boundaries. Includes the following:
- resumption of Conference in absence of Iraqi delegates following Ikhwan raid;
- breakdown and end of Conference;
- copy of text of Najdi `Green Book' on Kuwait Conference consisting mainly of extracts from the proceedings of the conference and copies of official correspondence.
Included in the volume is an index to the proceedings (folio 99). The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Secretary of State for Colonies, London; 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. , Stuart George Knox; the High Commissioner, Baghdad; the High Commissioner, Jerusalem; 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; 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.
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- 1 volume (99 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 100; 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 1-99; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/5/71
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- File 22/23 III Kuwait Conference
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- 17r, 74r:77v
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- Alsharairi, Ali Khulqi
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