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Coll 17/35 ‘Iraq. Iraq – Saudi Relations. Demarcation of Frontier.’ [13r] (25/112)
The record is made up of 1 file (53 folios). It was created in 28 May 1937-5 Oct 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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(E 1983/166/25).
I 1940 J
No.306.
(86^ 9/40).
My Lord,
British Embassy,
Bagdad.
27th June, 1940.
With reference to Your Lordship’s telegram
No.97 of April 18th, I have the honour to inform you
“That" - the Adviser to the Ministry of the Interior recently
reported to me that the Iraqi Government had agreed to
the appointment of Dr. Hasan Sadiq, Permanent Under
secretary in the Egyptian Ministry of Finance, to he
President of the Joint Commission for the Demarcation
of the Saudi-Iraqi frontier.
2. It will he recalled that in the notes exchanged
between the Saudi and Iraqi Governments in 1938 on the
subject of the demarcation of their common frontier (see
my despatch No.132 of April 5th, 1938) it was provided
" ' ' that after certain maps had been prepared, negotiations
should take place between the two (iovernments to decide
how the frontier line should pass through the groups of
wells mentioned in the First Protocol of Uquair as salient
points in the line.
3. I understand from Mr. Edmonds that both
Governments have now agreed to leave this task to the
Joint Demarcation Commission and to empower the
President to give an arbitral decision in the event of
a dispute between the Saudi and Iraqi representatives.
4. In this connexion it seems desirable to recall
that the two extremities of the boundary which are
situated, in the East at the point of junction of the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
A1 Awja with the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Al Batin (where the frontier
The Right Honourable
The Viscount Halifax,
K.G., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E.,
etc., etc., etc.
ENCLOSURE IN AIR MAIL
No. 36 SEP 1940
FROM SECRETARY, POUTICAl. DEPT.
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.
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The file contains papers mainly relating to the proposed demarcation of the frontier between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, including the issue of the western termination point of the Saudi-Iraq frontier, at the meeting-point of Saudi, Iraqi 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 territory.
The papers largely consist of correspondence between the following:
- HM Ambassador to Iraq (Maurice Peterson, Sir Basil Newton) and the Foreign Office (including the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: Viscount Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood).
- The Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia and the Foreign Minister of Iraq.
- 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. and the Foreign Office.
The file also includes a Foreign Office memorandum entitled ‘The Frontiers between 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 and Nejd 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 and the Hejaz’, which includes a map (see IOR/L/PS/12/2897, f 29).
The file includes a divider, which gives lists of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (53 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 56; 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 2-55; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Coll 17/35 ‘Iraq. Iraq – Saudi Relations. Demarcation of Frontier.’
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- front, front-i, 2r:26v, 27v:28v, 30r:46v, 52r:53v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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