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‘File 16/29 Miscellaneous. Iraq Treaties’ [‎9r] (17/28)

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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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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.
IN THE NAME OF GOD THE MERCIFUL THE COMPASSIONATE : —
His Majesty Kino: Faisal the First of ‘Iraq son of King Husain of the one
part: and His Majesty King ‘Abdul ‘Aziz ibn ‘Abdul Rahman A1 Faisal A1
Sa’ud of Hejaz and Najd and Dependencies, of the other part :
In view of their meeting on the 23rd and 24th days of the holy month of
Ramadhan of the year 1348 of the Hijrah (corresponding with the 22nd and
23rd days of February, 1930, A.D.).
Having regard to the preliminary discussions which took place at the time
between representatives of the Governments of Their Majesties for the conclusion
of 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 the Kingdom of ‘Iraq and
the Kingdom of Hejaz and Najd and Dependencies, and to the suitable bases
over which agreement was reached:
In view of the desire evinced by the two governments for a final determina
tion of the said bases : and
In view of the desire of Their Majesties to exert every possible effort to
compose the affairs of the Arab nation and unite her word.
Have decided to conclude a treaty for this purpose and appointed as their
Plenipotentiaries.
His Majesty King Faisal the First of ‘Iraq son of King Husain:
His Excellency Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. As Sa’id, Prime Minister.
His Majesty King ‘Abdul ‘Aziz ibn ‘Abdul Rahman A1 Faisal A1 Sa’ud
of Hejaz and Aajd and Dependencies:
His Royal Highness Amir Faisal, His Majesty’s Viceroy and Minister for
Foreign Affairs,
Who, having communicated their powers, found in good and due order,
have agreed as follows:—
Article 1. —There shall reign inviolable permanent peace and true friendship
between the Kingdom of ‘Iraq and the Kingdom of Hejaz and
Najd and Dependencies. The two High Parties undertake to
exercise their utmost to preserve the same and settle in a spirit
of peacefulness and friendliness all disputes and differences likely
to arise between them.
Article 2 .—Relations of diplomatic and consular representation shall forthwith
be established between the two Kingdoms in accordance with the
procedure obtaining under public international law.
Article 3 .—Each of the two Parties undertakes to preserve friendly relations
with' the other Party and to endeavour by all the means available
to him to prevent his country being used as a base of or prepara
tions for unlawful acts, including raids, aimed against peace and
security in the country of the other party.
Article 4 .—As soon as information reaches the competent authorities prescribed
in Article 8 of preparation being conducted in their territories by
one or more armed individuals with the intention of committing
highway robbery or raiding or other unlawful acts in the zone in
the neighbourhood of the frontier of the two Kingdoms, these
authorities shall mutually inform one another, or the officials or
tribes of the other, of the same without delay.
Article 5 .—In the event of either of the two High Contracting Parties receiving
information of any of the acts mentioned in Article 4 above
having been committed within his territories, he shall have
the right to notify the other Party with a view to adopting the
necessary measures for the punishment of the aggressors after
their return to his country if they, be of his subjects and to prevent
them crossing the frontier if they be subjects of the informant or
other government.
Article 6 .—Notwithstanding the provisions of the first clause of Article 3 of
the Bahra Agreement, the tribes of both Parties shall have complete
freedom of movement from place to place (or migration) in the
territories of the two Kingdoms for purposes of grazing or
“musabila” (purchase of provisions), and each of the High
Contracting Parties undertakes not to place the least obstacle in
this respect.

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A number of annexures to issues of the Iraq Government Gazette , published between June and July 1931:

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)
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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.

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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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