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File 7251/1920 Pt 2 'Arabia: Nejd-Iraq and Nejd-Kuwait Boundaries; Iraq-Nejd Treaty; Nejd-Kuwait Agreement' [‎34r] (63/360)

The record is made up of 1 item (179 folios). It was created in 12 Jan 1922-2 Jul 1923. 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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KING OF IRAQ.
Seal
Faisal iton al Husain.
THIS PROTOCOL.
Seal.
In the name of Goa tlie Merciful khu Compassionate.
This Protocol defining the boundaries between the two
governments of ' Iraii and Najd is appended to the agreement
maae at Muhammerah on the seventh aay of Ramadhan the
Blessed in the year 1340, which corresponds to the Fifth aay
of May of the year 1S22.
Article one.
(a) The frontier from the East begins at the junction of the
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. al ’Aujah (W.el Audja) with Al Batin and from this point
the Najd frontier passes in a straight line to the wall called
Al Wuqubah (El Ukabba) leaving Al Lulaimiyah (Dulaimiya)
and Al Wiquoah (El Ukaooa) north of the line ana from Al Wuqubah
(El Ukabba) it continues N.W. to Bir Ansab (Bir Unsab).
(b) Starting from the point mentioned above i.e* from the
point of the junction of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. al f Aujah (W. el Audja)
with Al Batin (El Batin) the ^rad boundary continues in a
straight line N.W. to Al Amghar (El Amghar) leaving this place
to the South of the line and from thence proceeds S.W. in a
straight line until it joins the Najd frontier at Bir Ansab
(Bir Unsab).
(c) The area delimited by the points enumerated above
which includes all these points will remain neutral and common
to the two Governments of 1 Iraq and Najd who will enjoy equal
rights in it for all purposes.
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THE SULTAN OF NAJB
AND ITS DEPENDENCIES
ABDUL ’AZIZ IBN* ABDUL RAHMAN
AL SA’UD
HAS AGREED TO THE ARTICLES OF

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This part of the volume contains correspondence and other papers concerning relations between Nejd, Iraq, Kuwait, and the British authorities. The majority of the correspondence is interdepartmental in nature and is between the Colonial Office and 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. . Further correspondence, included as enclosures, comes from the High Commissioner in Iraq, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), the 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. in Kuwait, the 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. in Bahrain, the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], ruler of Kuwait.

The main subject of this part is the lead up to and events following the conferences involving the Arab rulers of Nejd, Iraq, and Kuwait, or their representatives, in Mohammerah and Uqair, under the presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of the British. Treaty relations were established that dealt mostly with the delineation of boundaries between the three territories. Other subjects covered by the papers include the activities of the Akhwan [Ikhwan], relations between some of the desert tribes, and the reported death of Ibn Rashid.

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File 7251/1920 Pt 2 'Arabia: Nejd-Iraq and Nejd-Kuwait Boundaries; Iraq-Nejd Treaty; Nejd-Kuwait Agreement' [‎34r] (63/360), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/937/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100079424929.0x00004b> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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