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'Treaties and Agreements between the British Government and Certain Arab Rulers and Agreements between the Said Rulers inter se Affecting the British Government' [‎10v] (25/54)

The record is made up of 1 volume (23 folios). It was created in 1926. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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TREATY AND UNDERTAKINGS IN
FORCE BETWEEN THE GOV
ERNMENT OE 'IRAQ AND H. H.
THE SULTAN OE NAJD, SIGN
ED AT MOHAMMERAH ON THE
5 TH MAY 1922.
In the name of God the Merciful, the
Compassionate.
With a view to securing friendship and
good relations between the two Govern
ments of 'Iraq and Najd.
We, the undersigned delegates, ap
pointed by His Majesty Eaisal, I, King
of 'Iraq, and by His Highness 'Abdul
Aziz ion Sa'ud, Sultan of Najd, and its
dependencies, and by His Excellency
Major-General Sir P. Z. Cox, G.C.M.G. [Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade). ,
G.C.I.E., K.C.S.L, His Britannic
Majesty's High Commissioner in 'Iraq
in order to draft a Treaty between the
'Iraq and Najd Governments, have agreed
upon the following articles :—
Article The tribes known as the
Muntafiq, Dhafir and Amarat, will belong
to 'Iraq. Both Governments, that is to
say the Government of Iraq and the
Government of Najd, guarantee mutually
that they will prevent aggression by their
tribes on the tribes of the other, and will
punish their tribes for any such aggres
sion, and should the circumstances not
permit cf such punishment, the two Gov
ernments will discuss the question of
taking combined action according to the
good relations prevailing between them.
(ft) The Najd delegate having refused
to accept the boundaries asked for by the
'Iraq Government, the following prin
ciple was laid down :—
According to Article 1 (a) the Muntafiq
Dhafir and 'Amarat tribes belong to
'Iraq, similarly the Shammar Najd belong
to Najd. The wells and lands used from
old times by the 'Iraq tribes shall belong
to 'Iraq and the wells and lands used
from old times by the Shammar Najd shall
belong to Najd. In order to determine
the location of these lands and wells
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The volume is Treaties and Agreements between the British Government and Certain Arab Rulers and Agreements between the Said Rulers inter se Affecting the British Government (Calcutta: Government of India Press, 1926). The volume contains transcripts of treaties and agreements dated 1915 to 1925 relating to Najd, Qatar, Iraq, Kuwait, Trans-Jordan, and Kaf.

The texts of some of the treaties and agreements appear in both English and Arabic in vertical parallel columns.

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1 volume (23 folios)
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There is a list of the treaties and agreements recorded towards the front of the volume, on folio 3.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 25 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. An original printed pagination sequence is also present in the volume. The following folio folds out: f. 15.

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