File 22/23 III Kuwait Conference [76r] (151/200)
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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into it.reserving their tribes grazing rights in accordance
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with annient custom, their tribes to be exempt from paying
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Z&kfiM to the new Government,which alto should no en itled to
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levy transit dues on the caravans of merchandise of either state
passing through the territory . The ruler to bt elected,subject
to the condition that ho mutl not be of the family or officials
of the Ba’ud or of the Hashiaites.
President:-
What do you Uajd beleg-tes say to this suggestion?
^ajd belt gates: •Jo will not atree to it.
President:
I suggest that we make a temporary boundary and
form a neutral zone between the two states. This is of my own
suggestion and not that of my Government.
The boundaries oi this neutral zone to be from Jab&l
’.naizah to af and from Jatal * 'naizah to Jnul. I'rsm K f to
the hill twenty five miles east of V. .di ar-Ratein, which is a
Railway station^ on the Kijaz line,and from this .oint the lint
runs parallel to the railway line at a distance of twenty xxuuc
five miles from Mad&ln Salih i.e. u;.. to Jabal Girhan Gar’an
and Bir al Jul&imat from where it runt north east up to the
tf&fud 16 miles of 'iairaah, then to Br.trah nd then iollows the
Kalud up to Ta’us an- Ha’jah and then to J .uf. This to be a
neutral zone ior a period of six months during which period
neither of the two GovernmcntSof tfajd and Trans Jordania will
be responsible icr what takes place in it oetween the
tribes living there,and the Rulers of both bajd and Trans-
Jordania undert ke not to send troops or raiders to this
neutral zone nor to help those who wish to raid from amongst
their tribes,and a warnir to oe issued that it is dangerout
to enter it.
President
tthat has tine irans Jordania Delegation to say on
this suggestion.
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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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- File 22/23 III Kuwait Conference
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- 17r, 74r:77v
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- Alsharairi, Ali Khulqi
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