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raiding, whether by individuals or groups, and it was provided that attempts on
the person of the respective Kings or members of their families should not be
considered political offences. In the annexed letters Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. gave an
assurance, based partly on an Iraqi law of 1927, to the effect that all offences
normally committed by Bedouin must necessarily fall outside the category of
political offences, and the Hejazi Minister for Foreign Affairs, taking note of
this, promised reciprocity.
11. Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. dealt with various matters not covered by the treaty. Some
of these had been the subject of earlier correspondence, in which His Majesty’s
Government were concerned. The following is a comprehensive list of the
matters discussed or touched upon, with such information as is available as to
how they were left:—
iqqh^ ^ h a d been arranged at the Lupin ” Conference in February
19^0 that it should be left to King Feisal to adjudicate on all claims both ways
etween Iiaq and Hejaz-INejd in respect of old raids, &c. He had in due course
assessed the amount payable to Iraq at £30,000, intending this to be a lump sum
payable on balance, although he did not say so, with the result that Ibn Saud
suggested a separate award regarding claims by his own subjects. This elicited
an explanation from King Feisal in December 1930 of what his intention had
een. n a note, dated the 29th January, 1931, the Hejazi Government rather
surprisingly accepted it without demur, and stated that the money would be paid
when a settlement of other outstanding questions had been reached. Meanwhile
His Majesty s Government still held the sum of £10,000 paid by Ibn Saud under
pressure m July 1930 in pursuance of a promise to 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. to pay
that amount as an act of grace in favour of Iraqi and Koweiti claimants, pending
a general settlement. Its allocation had been delayed owing to a claim by the
raqi Government that they were entitled to the whole of it. In February 1931
His Majesty s Government decided to take a firm line on this matter and carried
rn±l r , 0rigin i al / nteiltl 1 0n of a ssi g nm g £7,000 to Iraq and £3,000 to Koweit,
Xch thtv I Jnn t h 7 aS t! 11 ‘.'I the notice of the He i azi Government and to
tW 7 d ^ n 1 demui \ the Position, when Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. came to Jedda,
was that Iiaq had received £7,000 out of a total sum due of £30 000 Ibn Saud
PalhatbThPp 11 ll f ablllt y f for the balance of £23,000, but explained to the
sha that he could not pay it at once without borrowing elsewhere upon which
Nuri consented to wait, adding a request that the money should be rem t ed to
Kp il “ «^ »P'~“
(b) Vescrt Posts and Wells.—Tbe question of Iraqi posts in the Southern
Desert, which had loomed large in the earlier negotiations, conducted mainly by
His Majesty s Government, had dropped into thl background to such an extent
before Nun Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. came to Jedda that Sir Francis Humphrys thought R dead
According to a statement made by the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. to Sir A. Rya7 on thf 8th April
imfde atThe ‘Tuml^r^f 0111,86 °/ the fg° tiatioIls to renew the arrangement
made at the Lupin Conference (annual report for 1930, paragraph 17i No
Nuri e paX aS le I ft ad an t d thl^W 1 * co , mmuni( l^ issued the day after
un nasna iett, and the view of Sir F. Humphrys is probablv correct Thp
asha also mentioned wells in his conversation with Sir A Rvan but did not
indicate what if any, arrangement had been come to 7 ’ dld n0t
some lemnh ° f *‘1 raider and rebel was described at
ssssva K hS- sate srst* si? * —* “«»*"■•
mh January, put two specific questions as to whtf had passed totwee'n Hi”
Majesty s Government and the French rpo-nrrlino-TKr, A/r 1,1 P,' sert oeti-seen His
Syria, and as to what the attitnde of ffif S v ^ s P assa Sf through
should enter territory under British inflncni / G °TT ent WOuld be if he
After various conversations in which Sir A. ’ Ry^an defended °tb Tran ?j5 )rdan „
His Majesty’s Government, he was instructed' to define it 7 ^
anticipation of the arrival of Nuri Pisfiq wn lfc cat egorically in
liquidation of the matter as between Iraq ’and Heinz NeTd" Tn conte “P Iate a
4th April the Legation explained that the case of Ibn Ma^hhuChad”^,
discussed between the two Kings at the “Lupin ” Conference precMy becau™