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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' [‎14r] (32/54)

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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KUWAIT—NAJD BOUNDARY CONVENTION.
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In the name of God the Merciful, the
Compassionate.
The frontier between Najd and Kuwait
begins in the West from the junction of
the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. al Aujah (W. al Audja) with
the Batin (El Batin), leaving Eaq'i
(Rikai) to Najd, from this point it con
tinues in a straight line until it joins
latitude 29° and the red semi-circle
referred to in Article 5 of the Anglo-
Turkish Agreement of 29th July 1913.
The line then follows the side of the red
semi-circle until it reaches a point
terminating (sic) on the coast south of
Kas al-Qali'ah (Eas el Kaliyah) and^ this
is the indisputable southern frontier of
Kuwait territory. The portion of
territory bounded on the North by this
line and which is bounded
by a low mountainous
Shaq (Esh Shakk) and on
the sea and on the South by a line passing
from West to East from Shaq (Esh
Shakk) to 'Ain al 'Abd (Ain el Abd) and
thence to the coast north of Eas al
Mish'ab (Eas Mishaab), in this territory
the Governments of Najd and Kuwait
will share equal rights until through the
good offices of the Government of Great
Britain a further agreement is made
between Najd and Kuwait concerning
it.
The map on which this boundary has
been made is Asia 1—1,000,000, made
by the Eoyal Geographical Society under
the direction of the Geographical Section
General Staff and printed at the War
Office in the year 1918.
"Written in the port of 'Uqair and
signed by the representatives of both
Governments on the second day of
December 1922 corresponding to 13th of
Eabi' al Thani, 1341.
(Sd.) Abdullah Sa'id Damluji, Eepres-
entative of H. H. the Sultan of Najd.
(Sd.) J. C. More, Major, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. ,
Kuwait.
I have agreed to the contents of this
agreement.
Seal, Sultan of
Najd and its dependencies, 'Abdul 'Aziz
bin 'Abdul P^ahman as-Sa'ud.
I have agreed to the contents of this
agreement.
Seal Hakim of
Kuwait, Ahmad al-Jabir as-8ubah.
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names in brackets is that used in the rfiap
referred to ia the treaty,)
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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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