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PERSfAN GOLF— Nejd —NO. Ill—1922.
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PROTOCOL No. 1.
Faisal ibn Al Husain,
King of 'Iraq.
Abdul ’Aziz ibn ’Abdul Rahman Al Sa’ud,
The Sultan of Najd and its Dependencies-
Hae agreed to the Articles of this Protocol.
In the name op 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
ay of Ramadhan, the Blessed in the Year 1340, which corresponds to the fifth
day of May of the Year 1922.
Article 1 .
fr0ntier from the ea8t be gins at the junction of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. al ’Aujah
r ^ A b B a tin, and from this point the Najd frontier passes in a
straight line to the well caUed Al-Wuqubah (El Ukabba), leaving Al-Lulaimiyah
. ® nd A1 *Wuqubah (El Ukabba) north of the line, and from Al-Wuqu-
ah (El Ukabba) it continues, N. W. to Bir Ansab (Bir Unsab).
) Starting from the point mentioned above, i.e., from the point of the junc-
ion of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. al-’Aujah (W.WAudja) with Al-Batin (El Batin), the ’Iraq bound-
nlar a straight line N. W. to Al-Amghar (El Amghar), leaving this
^ 6 bne an< I from thence proceeds S. W. in a straight line
ntil it joins the Najd frontier at Bir Ansab (Bir Unsab).
these^ ^'' le points enumerated above which includes all
* P^ats ^ill remain neutral and common to the two Governments of ’Iraq
a J w o will enjoy equal rights in it for all purposes.
ceeds N^W 11 ^ T .^ n8ab Unsab) the boundary between the two States pro-
wards t R' ai'Jnnaaimah (Birkat el Djumeima) and from thence north-
there p f ^ A k aba ) and Qasr ’Uthaimin (Kasr Athmin), from
el Bat ^ a stra ^ b t line passing through the centre of Jal al-Batn (Djal
and fro °v ^ ^ita) and then to Bir al-Mana’iyah (Bir el Maniya)
from M k ^ dad ^ da ^ Ar ar (Ujadaidat el Arar) from there to Mukur and
interse t' ^ ^ ’ A nazan (Anaza), situated in the neighbourhood of the
Nairi k ,0ri | ^ a Utnde 32° (east) with longitude 39 £ (north) where the ’Iraq-
ajd boundary terminates. C y
Article 2 .
is deprivefi 8 We ii s within the ’Iraq boundaries and the Najd side
^ a jd tribes°r ^ em Uaq Government pledges itself not to interfere with those
^sort f S 1Ul ^ ln tbe y i c inity of the border should it be necessary for therm
nearer t ? * 16 ne i& b bouring ’Iraq wells for water, provided that these wells are
em than those within the Najd boundaries.