File 3939/1926 Pt 6 'Revision of Aitchison's Treaties. Persian Gulf Section.' [‎535r] (505/818)

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PERSIAN GULF—JVe/d—NO. Ill—1922.
PROTOCOL No. 1.
Faisal ibn Al Husain,
King oj 'Iraq.
’Abdul Aziz ibn ’Abdul Rahman Al Sa’ud,
T?ie Sultan of Najd and its Dependencies'
Has agreed to the Articles of this Protocol.
In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate,
This Protocol defining the boundaries between the two Governments of ‘Iraq
and Najd is appended to the agreement made at Muhammerah on the seventh
day of Ramadhan, the Blessed in the Year 1340, which corresponds to the fifth
day of May of the Year 1922,
Article 1.
(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 well called Al-Wuqubah (El Ukabba), leaving Al-Lulaimiyah
Dulaimiya) and Al-Wuqubah (El Ukabba) north of the line, and from Al-Wuqu-
bah (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 junc
tion of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. al-’Aujah (W. el Audja) with Al-Batin (El Batin), the ’Iraq bound-
wy 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 Iraq
and Najd who will enjoy equal rights in it for all purposes.
(d) From Bir Ansab (Bir Unsab) the boundary between the two States pro
ceeds N. W. to Birkat al-Jumaimah (Birkat el Djumeima) and from thence north-
^arda to Bir al-’Uqbah (Bir el Akaba) and Qasr ’Uthaimin (Kasr Athmin), from
there westwards in a straight line passing through the centre of Jal al-Batn (Djal
el Batn) to Bir Lifiyah (Bir Lifa) and then to Bir al-Mana’iyah (Bir el Maniya)
and from there to Jadidat ’Ar’ar (Djadaidat el Arar) from there to Mukur and
rom Mukur to the Jabal ’Anazan (Anaza), situated in the neighbourhood of the
intersection of latitude 32° (east) with longitude 39° (north) where the ’Iraq-
a jd boundary terminates.
Article 2.
Whereas many of the wells fall within the ’Iraq boundaries and the Najd side
deprived of them the ’Iraq Government pledges itself not to interfere with those
^ jd tribes living in the vicinity of the border should it be necessary for them
re sort, to the neighbouring ’Iraq wells for water, provided that these wells are
earer them than those within the Najd boundaries.