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Name: Kuwait and Saudi Arabia Cnd.

Type: Polity

Start: 1922 AD

End: 1970 AD

Parent:

kuwait,saudi arabia

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The Uqair Convention of 1922 defined the boundaries between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, creating a shared territory that was finally partitioned in 1970 between the two countries.

Establishment


  • December 1922: The Uqair Protocol or Uqair Convention was an agreement at Uqair on 2 December 1922 which defined the boundaries between Iraq and the Sultanate of Nejd and between Kuwait and Nejd. It was imposed by Percy Cox, the British High Commissioner to Iraq, in response to Bedouin raiders from Nejd under Ibn Saud.
  • Chronology


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    1. Unification of Saudi Arabia


    Were a series of wars and events that resulted in the establishment of modern-day Saudi Arabia.

    1.1.Kuwait-Najd War

    Was a war between the Saudi state of Nejd and Kuwait caused by the Saudis goal to annex Kuwait.


    2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1970: A demarcation agreement dividing the Neutral Zone of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia was signed on 17 December 1967 but did not formally take effect until the exchange of instruments and signing which took place in Kuwait on 18 December 1969. Ratification followed on 18 January 1970.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1970: A demarcation agreement dividing the Neutral Zone of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia was signed on 17 December 1967 but did not formally take effect until the exchange of instruments and signing which took place in Kuwait on 18 December 1969. Ratification followed on 18 January 1970.
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