Editing Uqair Protocol of 1922

{{Short description|1922 agreement between Iraq, Nejd, and Kuwait}}
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>[http://cosmos.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/php/event.php?eid=156 Imposition of Uqair Protocol]</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.

[[File:Percy Cox 1916.JPG|thumb|199px|Percy Cox]]

==See also==
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*[[Iraq–Saudi Arabia border]]
*[[Kuwait–Saudi Arabia border]]
*[[List of Middle East peace proposals]]

==References==
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* {{cite book|last1=Lauterpacht|first1=E.|last2=Greenwood|first2=C. J.|last3=Weller|first3=Marc|title=The Kuwait Crisis: Basic Documents|date=1991-06-01|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-46308-9|pages=45–49|chapter=1.6 The determination of boundaries between Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia (Najd)}}

==External links==
* [http://treaties.un.org/pages/showDetails.aspx?objid=08000002800b3b06 Agreement concerning the boundary between Nejd and Kuwait] United Nations Treaty Series, Vol 1750, Registration Number II-1083

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