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File 7251/1920 Pt 2 'Arabia: Nejd-Iraq and Nejd-Kuwait Boundaries; Iraq-Nejd Treaty; Nejd-Kuwait Agreement' [39r] (73/360)
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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IN THE NA!j® OF GOD THE traCIFUL THE COI^PASSIONATS.
With a vievs to securing friendship ana goui relations
between tne two Governments 1 iraft and Naja.
We, the undersigned delegates, appointed by His .la jo sty
Faisal. I Kin b of Iraq ana by His Highness ’Abdul ’asi^ ibn
Sa’ud, Sultan of Naju and its dependencies, ana ay His
Excellency Major Geiieral Sir r’«Z*Cox,G»C» l«G*,G#C*I*n«,
K.C.S.I., His Britannic Majesty^ High Coimnissioiior xn Iraq
in order to draft a Treaty between the ‘Iraq and Najd
Governments, have agreed upon the following articles:
Article i*
(a) The tribes known as the Muntafiq, Dhafir ana
Amarat, will belong, to Iraq, both Governments, that is to
say tne Government of ‘Iraq ana the Government of Najd,
guarantee mutually that they will prevent aggression oy their
tribes on the trices of the other, ana will punish their
tribes for any such aggression, and snould the circumstances not
permit of such punishment, the two Governments will aiscuss
the question of taking combined action according to the good
relations prevailing between them.
(b) The Najd delegate having refused to accept the i
boundaries asked for by the Iraq Government, the following
principle was laid down:
According to Article 1 (a) tne Muntafiq, Dhafir anu
•Amarat tribes belong to Iraq; similarly the Shammar Najd
belong to Najd. The wells and lands used from old times
by the Iraq tribes snail belong to Iraq and the wells and xanas
usea from old times by the Shammar Naja shall belong to Najd.
In order to determine the location of these lands ana *eils
and to fix a boundary line in accordance with this principle
a committee shall be formed consisting of two persons with
local knowledge from each Government, and presided over by
a British official selected by the High Commissioner: the
coniiiittee
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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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