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The '''Uqair Protocol''' or '''Uqair Convention'''<ref>[http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/01/put-it-in-neutral/ Map of boundaries determined by Uqair Protocol]</ref> 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<ref> | The '''Uqair Protocol''' or '''Uqair Convention'''<ref>[http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/01/put-it-in-neutral/ Map of boundaries determined by Uqair Protocol]</ref> 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<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cosmos.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/php/event.php?eid=156 |title=Imposition of Uqair Protocol |access-date=2015-12-15 |archive-date=2015-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222083217/http://cosmos.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/php/event.php?eid=156 |url-status=dead }}</ref> by [[Percy Cox]], the British [[High commissioner|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 Arabian–Iraqi neutral zone|Saudi–Iraqi neutral zone]] and a [[Saudi Arabian–Kuwaiti neutral zone|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.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jqMLNJ3tUYMC&pg=PA13|title=The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and the Economics of the New World Order|author=Mary Ann Tétreault|pages=2–3|year=1995|isbn=9780899305103 }}</ref> The loss of territory made anti-British sentiment grow in Kuwait. | 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.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jqMLNJ3tUYMC&pg=PA13|title=The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and the Economics of the New World Order|author=Mary Ann Tétreault|pages=2–3|year=1995|isbn=9780899305103 }}</ref> The loss of territory made anti-British sentiment grow in Kuwait. | ||
Latest revision as of 00:40, 16 August 2025
Template:Short description 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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External links
- Agreement concerning the boundary between Nejd and Kuwait United Nations Treaty Series, Vol 1750, Registration Number II-1083
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