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Coll 17/4 'Iraq-Syria & Syria-Transjordan frontier: delimitation' [‎57v] (127/788)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (386 folios). It was created in 1 Jun 1921-27 Oct 1932. It was written in English and French. 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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4. His Maiesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and the French
Government have the honour to submit, for the approval of the Council of the
League of Nations, the arrangements on which they have agreed.
5 Copies of the protocol of the 31st October, 1931, and of the annex thereto,
are attached to the present joint request, together with a complete set, duly
certified, of the five maps^ 1 ) three English and two drench, referred to m that
protocol, and three extra copies of the three British maps.
Foreign Office, January 16, 1932.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Protocol relative to the Settlement of the Frontier between Syria and the Jebel
Druse, on the one side, and Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan , on the other side.
1 .
I .—Definition of the Frontier.
Yarmuk Sector.
(a) FROM the point where the railway crosses the Yarmuk above El Hamme
as far as the point where the railway crosses the river above El M’Khebi, the
frontier follows the thalweg of the Y armuk, it being understood that the section
of the railway situated between these two bridges, and lying to the east of the
Yarmuk, shall be accorded, in favour of Syria, the same exterritorial regime as
was provided for, in the case of the section of the railway already delimited as
far as the station of Semakh, by the Delimitation Agreement of the 3rd February,
1922 (which fixes the last point delimited).
(b) From the above-mentioned point above El M’Khebi up to the point where
the railway crosses the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Meidan in the direction of Mezerib for the last time,
the frontier runs on the Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan side of the railway at a distance fixed, where
these rivers flow on the south side of the railway, by the thalweg of the Yarmuk
and of its tributaries, the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Zeizun and the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Meidan, and where the
railway runs on the Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan side to the south of these rivers, by the railway
itself.
In the latter case, the frontier shall be established to the south of the railway
and parallel to it in such a way as to leave to Syria, besides the railway itself,
its structures and grounds, its borrow-pits, its stations, its yards and
outbuildings, and the area necessary both for the technical protection of the
railway and its works and for its operation. This definition of the railway also
applies to the section of the railway mentioned in paragraph {a) above.
(c) Nothing in the preceding definition of the frontier shall have the effect
of modifying the water regime relative to the Yarmuk and its tributaries, as
provided for in article 8 of the Franco-British Convention of the 23rd December.
1920.
2. Deraa-Remthe Sector.
Irom the point defined above, where the railway crosses the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Meidan,
as far as the point where the frontier meets the railway to the south of Nasib,
the frontier is defined by the following marks and cairns :—
From the bridge on the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Meidan, the frontier rejoins the line which
separates the lands of the Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan villages of Amrawa, Shejera, Turrah
and Remthe, on the one hand, from the lands of the Syrian villages of Tel Shehab,
Mezerib, and Deraa, on the other.
This line passes through El Bueib on the road from Deraa to Remthe, and
thence follows the western crest of the Jebel-ez-Zumla as far as the cairn
situated at the southern extremity of the line separating the lands of Deraa from
those of Remthe.
Irom the latter cairn the frontier runs to the cairn situated approximately
1,500 metres to the south of the farm of Rahaya; thence it passes to the cairn of
Kabr Hamdan, and continues towards the cairn situated at Kerkur Sud, and
thence rejoins the railway at a, point situated between the Syrian village of
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Papers regarding negotiations to amend the borders between French-mandated Syria, and British-mandated Iraq and Trans-Jordan. The papers discuss the boundaries established by the Sykes-Picot Agreement and the Treaty of Sèvres, the British push for the inclusion of Amadiyah within the Iraq mandated territories, and the issue of tribal groups crossing border regions. The papers primarily consist of communications between the Foreign Office, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the High Commissioner for Iraq, with occasional commentary from 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 copies of treaties, minutes and appendices from the Committee of Imperial Defence, Standing Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East, and minutes and documents circulated by the Council of the League of Nations, including:

  • Memorandum by the High Commissioner for Iraq, stating objections to the frontiers established by the Treaty of Sèvres, including two maps, ff 375-380.
  • Minutes and appendices of the Foreign Office meeting of 13 July 1931, including copies of the Humphrys-Ponsot Draft for Combined Reference to the Council of the League of Nations, and a copy of the Agreement between HMG Her or His Majesty’s Government in London. and the French Government respecting the Boundary Lines between Syria and Palestine from the Mediterranean to El Hammé, Treaty Series No. 13 (1923), ff 315-349.
  • Papers circulated at the Committee of Imperial Defence Sub-Committee meeting of 8 September 1931, including correspondence with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning the Beirut formula, ff 238-314.
  • Minutes of the Committee of Imperial Defence Sub-Committee meeting of 23 September 1931, including a sketch map of the Syria-Trans-Jordan frontier, and a report by the British Resident at Trans-Jordan, ff 141-209.
  • Second report by Sir Francis Humphrys on his negotiations in Paris regarding the Syrian frontier, and annexes comprising draft agreements, ff 67-75.
  • Excerpt minutes of the 65th Session of the Council of the League of Nations, 9 December 1931, including copies of the joint request for arbitration submitted by Britain and France, ff 48-66; plus minutes of the sessions on 31 October 1931, and 30 January 1932, ff 37-46.
  • Copy of the League of Nations Mandate, Report of the Commission entrusted by the Council with the Study of the Frontier between Syria and Iraq, Geneva, 10 September 1932 (Official reference: C. 578. M. 285. 1932. VI), ff 6-28, which includes four maps (IOR/W/L/PS/12/2848 (i), IOR/W/L/PS/12/2848 (ii), IOR/W/L/PS/12/2848 (iii) and IOR/W/L/PS/12/2848 (iv)).

The volume includes a divider giving a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 4).

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1 volume (386 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 388; 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 4-385; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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