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The Uqair Protocol or Uqair Convention[1] was an agreement at Uqair on 2 December 1922 which defined the boundaries between Mandatory Iraq and the Sultanate of Nejd and Sheikhdom of Kuwait between Kuwait and Nejd. It was imposed[2] by Percy Cox, the British High Commissioner to Iraq, in response to Bedouin raiders from Nejd under ibn Saud. 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 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[3] and anti-British sentiment grew in Kuwait due to the loss of territory.
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See also
- Iraq–Saudi Arabia border
- Kuwait–Saudi Arabia border
- List of Middle East peace proposals
References
- ^ Map of boundaries determined by Uqair Protocol
- ^ Imposition of Uqair Protocol
- ^ Mary Ann Tétreault (1995). The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and the Economics of the New World Order. pp. 2–3.
- 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
- Agreement concerning the boundary between Nejd and Kuwait United Nations Treaty Series, Vol 1750, Registration Number II-1083