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Coll 17/1 'Iraq-Nejd Relations: Bon Voisinage Agreement and Extradition; Treaty of Friendship, 1936' [24r] (47/857)
The record is made up of 1 file (428 folios). It was created in 3 Jan 1931-6 May 1940. 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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5. It is for the Iraqi Government to say that such and
such thing agrees with the local legislation and that such
and such thing disagrees with it, hut the Saudi Arabian
Government say that they have concluded ratified and
effective treaties and a tribal nationality treaty with
the Iraq Government and in consequence the position as they
see it is as follows:
(1) Either the tribal nationalities treaty should be
ratified as it was signed without any modification and
fully executed as it stands or
(2) that a return should be made to the treaty of
Muhammara and the Nejd Shammar should be returned to Nejd.
( 3 ) Or, if the Iraq Government do not wish to execute
the treaty of Muhammara, the least the Saudi Arabian
Government can possibly accept is that Nejd Shammar should
be removed from the frontiers to a place beyond the Euphrates.
If none of these suggestions is carried out, the Saudi
Arabian Government must say with regret, that the Iraqi
Government insist on breaking their promises and they
believe that the Iraq people do not approve of such a breach
of faith. The Saudi Arabian Government will be compelled to
publish the documents they have on this subject in order to
acquaint Arabic public opinion in general and the Iraq
people in particular with the irregular attitude which the
Iraq Government has adopted.
6. As to the modification Your Excellency suggested in
Article 4 of the Agreement concerning the regulation of
grazing matters I do not know what there is in this article,
as signed, which conflicts with Iraqi legislation. It seems
to
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This file contains papers regarding relations between the Government of Iraq and the Government of Hejaz and Najd (later Saudi Arabia). It documents negotiations for the conclusion of the 1931 Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. Agreement, Arbitration Protocol and Extradition Treaty, and the 1936 Treaty of Friendship (also referred to as the Treaty of Alliance). It includes discussions on: the treatment of tribal and political offenders; proposals for an alliance or federation of Arab states; customs arrangements between Iraq and Saudi Arabia; the first Iraqi diplomatic mission to Najd and the Hejaz in 1932; delimitation of the border; abolition of the neutral zone at Tawal [Tawāl]; and an agreement concerning the rights of the Shammar tribes.
The papers primarily comprise correspondence between the Foreign Office, HM Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, later Stonehewer-Bird), the High Commissioner for Iraq (Francis Henry Humphrys), and the 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. Political Department. The file also contains correspondence between these officials and the Iraqi and Saudi Ministries for Foreign Affairs, as well as translations of notes communicated by the Iraqi Prime Minister (Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ) and Ibn Sa'ud ['Abd al-'Azīz bin 'Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa'ūd].
In addition to the correspondence, the following treaty texts and minutes are found within the file:
- Draft texts of the Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. Treaty, Arbitration Protocol and Extradition Treaty, signed at Mecca on 7-8 April, ff 269-280.
- Memorandum by HM Embassy at Iraq on the proposed Iraqi-Saudi Treaty of Friendship, ff 171-172.
- English translations of drafts of the proposed treaty, ff 183-186, 153-160.
- English translation of the version of the Treaty of Friendship signed on 2 April 1936, ff 110-139.
- Notes on the Saudi-Iraq Boundary dispute, ff 105-108.
- English translation of the Residence and Passport Agreement between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, signed 1936, ff 88.
- Notes on a meeting between Maurice Peterson and the Iraqi Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1939, ff 73-75.
The file includes dividers which give lists of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the end of the correspondence (folios 2-3).
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- 1 file (428 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 428; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in 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 2-427; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Coll 17/1 'Iraq-Nejd Relations: Bon Voisinage Agreement and Extradition; Treaty of Friendship, 1936'
- Pages
- 18r:26v, 69r:69v
- Author
- Government of Saudi Arabia
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