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CHAPTER II.
G eography^ C limate and H ealth.
1. Boundaries. The frontier fiied in 1920-23 between
Kuwait and Nejd starts from the junction of the Wadi-
al-Aujah with the iiatin in the west j running thence
(leaving Riqai to Nejd) in a straight line to the junction
ol! tiie 29tii parallel of latitude with the arc of a semi
circle having Kuwait as centre and a radius of 42 miles ;
thence following the semicircle to a point immediately
south of Ras-al-Qaliya. This forms the southern
boundary of the recognized territory of Kuwait. The
frontier between Kuwait and Iraq starts from the junc
tion of Av adi-al-Aujah and the Batin, thence northwards
following the^ centre line of the Batin, curving eastwards
south of Safwan (leaving Safwan to Iraq), and then
south-east to the head of Khor-as-Sabiya ; whence it
fohows the northern shore of Khor Abdulla until it
reaches a point opposite the eastern end of Warba Island.
It then follows the centre of Khor Abdulla to the open
sea including the Island of Warba. Bubiyan, Mashtan,
I ailaka, Auhah, Kubbar. Qaru and Umm-al-Maradim.
r ai.aka only is inhabited ; it has one village called Zoc
and a few settlements.
The tract of country hounded on the north bv the
southern boundary of Kuwait, on the east by the sea,
on the south by a straight line running eastwards from
the bhaqq through Ain-al-Abd to the sea north of Ras-
a ab and on the west by the Shaqq, is recognised as
common to the two states of Kuwait and Nejd, until
such tune as a fresh agreement be arrived at between
them.
• T i e I r q neutra] area fTawal Adh Dhafir) is an area
in the shape of a parallelogram having its north, south,
east and west angles at Al-Amffhar, A1 Uqubba, a point
in the vicinity of Ar Rigai, and Ansab.
to the ' <1923 Fro ntier Agreement " the
bmkh or Kuwait was the recognised overlord and en-
titled to levy tribute over a much larerer area. This area
included m the west the line of the Batin to the well8 of