'Treaty of Peace with Turkey. Signed at Sévres, August 10, 1920. [With Maps.]' [‎19r] (17/112)

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thence eastwards to a point to be chosen about 5 kilometres north of Urfa,
a generally straight line from west to east to be fixed on the ground passing north
of the roads connecting the towns of Baghche, Aintab, Biridjik, and Urfa and leaving the
last three named towns to Syria ;
thence eastwards to the south-western extremity of the bend in the Tigris about
6 kilometres north of Azekh (27 kilometres west of Djezire-ibn-Omar),
a generally straight line from west to east to be fixed on the ground leaving the
town of Mardin to Syria ;
thence to a point to be chosen on the Tigris between the point of confluence of the
Khabur Su with the Tigris and the bend in the Tigris situated about 10 kilometres north
of this point,
the course of the Tigris downstream, leaving the island on which is situated the
town of Djezire-ibn-Omar to Syria.
(3) With Mesopotamia:
Thence in a general easterly direction to a point to be chosen on the northern
boundary of the vilayet of Mosul,
a line to be fixed on the ground ;
thence eastwards to the point where it meets the frontier between Turkey and
Persia,
the northern boundary of the valayet of Mosul, modified, however, so as to pass south
of Amadia.
(4) On the East and the North East:
From the point above defined to the Black Sea, the existing frontier between Turkey
and Persia, then the former frontier between Turkey and Russia, subject to the provi
sions of Article 89.
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(5) The Black Sea.
Article 28..
The frontiers described by the present Treaty are traced on the one in a million maps
attached to the present Treaty. In case of differences between the text and the map, the
text will prevail.
Article 29.
Boundary Commissions, whose composition is or will be fixed in the present Treaty
or in Treaties supplementary thereto, will have to trace these frontiers on the ground.
They shall have the power, not only of fixing those portions which are defined as
“ a line to be fixed on the ground,” but also, if the Commission considers it necessary, of
revising in matters of detail portions defined by administrative boundaries or otherwise.
They shall endeavour in all cases to follow as nearly as possible the descriptions
given in the Treaties, taking into account, as far as possible, administrative boundaries and
local economic interests.
The decisions of the Commissions will be taken by a majority, and shall be binding
on the parties concerned.
The expenses of the Boundary Commissions will be borne in equal shares by the
parties concerned.
Article 30.
In so far as frontiers defined by a waterway are concerned, the phrases “ course ”
or “channel” used in the descriptions of the present Treaty signify, as regards non-
navigable rivers, the median line of the waterway or of its principal branch, and, as
regards navigable rivers, the median line of the principal channel of navigation. It will
rest with the Boundary Commissions provided for by the present 1 reaty to specify
whether the frontier line shall follow any changes of the course or channel ^ hich may
take place, or whether it shall be definitely fixed by the position of the course or channe
at the time when the present Treaty comes into force.
In the absence of provisions to the contrary in the present Freaty, islands and ets
lying within three miles of the coast are included within the frontier ot the coastal btate.
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