'File 22/23 II Kuwait Conference 1924'

Title:

'File 22/23 II Kuwait Conference 1924'

Date:

1924/1924

Description:

Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the 1923-24 Kuwait Conference to arbitrate the Najd-Transjordan and Najd-Hijaz boundaries. The main topics discussed include the following:the Kuwait Conference: adjournment, 1924;further negotiations.The discussion in the volume relates to the minutes of the sessions (3rd to 12th) and the exhortations of the President of the conference, Stuart George Knox, to the delegates not to take hardened negotiating positions. Topics discussed in the correspondence also include: Ibn Sa'ud's health, flags and badges and raising of armed forces. An index to the volume is given in folio 269.The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Secretary of State for Colonies, London; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Stuart George Knox; the High Commissioner, Baghdad; the High Commissioner, Jerusalem; the Political Agent, Kuwait; Political Agent, Bahrain.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 272; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 3-269, and ff 163-261; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Boundaries
Mohammerah Iraq-Nejd Convention (1922)
Conferences
Emir of Kuwait
HMIS Lawrence, sloop

Geographic region:

Transjordania
Iraq
Hijaz
Najd

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000011_ar
81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000011_en
IOR/R/15/5/70
IOR/R/15/5/70

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