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Uqair Protocol of 1922


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The territory of Kuwait and the two neutral zones, west and south of Kuwait, agreed in 1922
December 2, 1922 (1922-12-02)
Uqair, Saudi Arabia
Percy Cox, Ibn Saud

The borders of Kuwait as established after consultations between Great Britain and the Ottoman Empire in 1913

The Uqair Protocol or Uqair Convention 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 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. The loss of territory made anti-British sentiment grow in Kuwait.

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  • 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.

  • Agreement concerning the boundary between Nejd and Kuwait United Nations Treaty Series, Vol 1750, Registration Number II-1083

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