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‘File 16/29 Miscellaneous. Iraq Treaties’ [9v] (18/28)
The record is made up of 1 file (12 folios). It was created in 28 Jun 1931-25 Oct 1938. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Article 7. —Neither of the two Parties shall coerce the subjects of the other
party, when within his territory, to join his forces, regular or
otherwise, to suppress a rebellion or take part in military opera
tions.
Article 8. —The competent authorities charged with the organization of general
cooperation and responsibility for the measures to be taken on the
frontiers for the application of the provisions of this Treaty are:
On the ‘Iraq side : the highest administrative official in the desert or
the person acting for him.
On the Hejaz—Najd side : the highest administrative official in the
desert or the person acting for him.
Only these officials shall have the right to correspond with each other for
the purpose of cooperation and solution of disputes arising on the frontiers
and between the tribes from time to time. They shall exchange forthwith
information pertaining to incidents occurring in the region of either of them
of a nature affecting the safety of security in the region of the other.
Article 9. —In order to facilitate the execution of the provisions of this Treaty
and, in general, the maintenance of good neighbourly relations,
there shall be set up a permanent Frontier Commission composed
of four officials selected from time to time for this purpose, half
by the ‘Iraq Government and the other half by the TTejaz—Na jd
Government. This commission shall meet once every six months
or more often if circumstances so require.
Article 10. —The commission mentioned in Article 9 shall meet for the first
time in the neutral zone and thereafter by rotation in ‘Iraq or in
Najd or in the neutral zone in a place appointed by it before the
end of each meeting. The duties of this commission shall be to
attempt, with the object of giving effect to the provisions of this
Treaty and of ensuring good neighbourly relations, the amicable
settlement of all such questions concerning the application of the
provisions of this Treaty, relating to grazing, migrations (or
movements) of tribes, tribal disputes, assessment of minor losses
and other matters concerning frontier affairs, on which no agree
ment could be reached between the local frontier officials concerned.
Any decision agreed upon by the commission should be enfovred
within 3 months by both governments each in so far as concerns it.
In the event of difference arising between the members of the
Commission on any of the matters within the commission’s
competence, such difference shall be referred by the members to
“their government” (their respective governments?) for decision,
except in the case of matters within the competence of the court
provided for in Article 2 of the Bahra Agreement which shall he
referred to the said court for consideration in accordance with the
terms of the said Agreement.
Article 11. —The two High Contracting Parties undertake to enforce any decision
that may be passed by the Tribunal set up under Article 2 of the
Bahra Agreement, within a period not exceeding six months com
mencing from the date of its issue.
Article 12. —The two High Contracting Parties mutually undertake to prevent
officials under them crossing the frontiers and mingling with the
tribes or chiefs of tribes of the other Party, whether they be
pedestrians, horsemen, in cars or aeroplanes. The Government
whose territory such persons . shall have crossed shall not be
responsible for thffir safety should such crossing take place without
its permission, subject to the exception of officials crossing the
frontiers in execution of the provisions of Article 4 of this Treaty.
Article 13. —The two High Contracting Parties mutually undertake to adopt
the necessary measures to prevent foreigners residing in or coming
from their “country” (territories?) or nations of the tw^o contract
ing parties from crossing the frontier of the other party’s country
for the purpose of touring, exploration, shooting or any other
purpose, without obtaining previous permission either from the
consulates of the party concerned or from the authorities of such
party referred to in Article 8. Subject to the provisions of the
Bahra Agreement and other agreements concluded between the
two parties concerning tribes and their migrations, the government
whose territories such persons cross shall not be responsible for
their safety if their crossing is not done by its permission.
Article 14. —The two High Contracting Parties declare their desire to enter, at
the earliest opportunity, into negotiations for the conclusion of
special agreements concerning economic, consular, residence and
nationality affairs.
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- Content
A number of annexures to issues of the Iraq Government Gazette , published between June and July 1931:
- a treaty for the extradition of offenders between Iraq and Egypt, signed at Cairo on 20 April 1931 (ff 3-4);
- a treaty of friendship between Iraq and Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan [Jordan], signed at Amman on 26 March 1931 (f 5);
- a treaty of extradition between Iraq and Hejaz, Najd and Dependencies, signed at Mecca on 8 April 1931 (ff 6-7);
- a treaty of friendship and Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. between Iraq and Hejaz, Najd and Dependencies, signed at Mecca on 7 April 1931 (ff 8-10).
The file also includes letters exchanged in 1938 between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , originally sent with a copy of the Iraq Labour Law, not included in the file (ff 11-12). The file notes (f 13) refer to the 1938 correspondence only, and include remarks by Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. staff comparing the Iraq Labour Law’s chapter on compensation for death, injury and disease, to the Government of India’s Workmen’s Compensation Act.
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- 1 file (12 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (f 13) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 14; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-11; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- ‘File 16/29 Miscellaneous. Iraq Treaties’
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- 3r:10v
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