File 7251/1920 Pt 2 'Arabia: Nejd-Iraq and Nejd-Kuwait Boundaries; Iraq-Nejd Treaty; Nejd-Kuwait Agreement' [‎60r] (115/360)

PROTOCOL
KAJD & * I HA a BOUNDARY.
The following definition of the boundaries
between the JSajd and ir a q Governments is a protocol to the
Muhammerah agreement of
(1) The frontier on the East starts at the junction of
the adi al Aujah with the Batin from that point the Vajd
frontier passes in a straight line towards the wells known as
Al tf/ugubah leaving Dulaimiyah and Wugubah north of the line.
From thence H.W.to Bir Ansab.
Starting from the said intersection of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Aujah
with the Batin, the Iraq boundary follows a straight line B.W.
to XI Amghar leaving it South of the line, which from thence
orooeeds S.W.until it joins the Najd frontier at Bir Anaab.
The rhomboid (Baklawah) thus formed, in which all points
mentioned above are considered to be included, will remain
neutral and common to the two Governments who shall enjoy equal
r ithin it for all purposes. From Ansab the boundary
between the two states proceeds N.W.to Birkat-al-Bjumaima, and
thence northwards to Bir-el-Akaba and Kaer Athmin, thence
Westward through Djal-al-Batn to Bir Lifiyah, Bir-el-Manie, and
Djadaidat-al-Arar. From latter point in straight line to Mukur
and onwards to Jabal A iaza in the neighbourhood of the junction
of Latitude 32 Sast with Longitude 39 North where the Iraq-Najd
boundary terminates.
, (2) Whereas many of the wells fall within the *Iraq
boundaries and the Najd side is deprived of these, 'Iraq pledges
itself not to interfere with those Najd tribes which live on the
border line when the latter find it necessary to come to the
neighbouring Iraq wells for water, provided these wells are
nearer to them than those within the Najd boundaries.
(3) The two Governments mutually agree not to use the
watering