Uqair Protocol of 1922
 The territory of Kuwait and the two neutral zones, west and south of Kuwait, agreed in 1922 | |
| Signed | December 2, 1922 |
|---|---|
| Location | Uqair, Saudi Arabia |
| Signatories | Percy Cox, Ibn Saud |
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The Uqair Protocol or Uqair Convention[1] was an agreement at Uqair on 2 December 1922 that defined the boundaries between Mandatory Iraq, the Sultanate of Nejd and Sheikhdom of Kuwait. It was made[2] by Percy Cox, the British High Commissioner to Iraq, in response to Ikhwan raiders from Nejd under Ibn Saud attacking Kuwait. Cox met ibn Saud and Major John More, the British Political Agent to Kuwait. The boundaries included a Saudi–Iraqi neutral zone and a Saudi–Kuwaiti neutral zone.
Kuwait was not permitted any role in the outcome of the Uqair agreement when the Saudis and British decided Kuwait's modern boundaries. Kuwait lost more than two thirds of its territory as a result of the agreement, as well as its second largest town, the port of Manifa.[3] The loss of territory made anti-British sentiment grow in Kuwait.
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ Map of boundaries determined by Uqair Protocol
- ↑ "Imposition of Uqair Protocol". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
- ↑ Mary Ann Tétreault (1995). The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and the Economics of the New World Order. pp. 2–3. ISBN 9780899305103.
- Lauterpacht, E.; Greenwood, C. J.; Weller, Marc (1991-06-01). "1.6 The determination of boundaries between Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia (Najd)". The Kuwait Crisis: Basic Documents. Cambridge University Press. pp. 45–49. ISBN 978-0-521-46308-9.
External links
[edit]- Agreement concerning the boundary between Nejd and Kuwait United Nations Treaty Series, Vol 1750, Registration Number II-1083
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