File 3939/1926 Pt 6 'Revision of Aitchison's Treaties. Persian Gulf Section.' [‎328r] (91/818)

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.. PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. — Nejd —NO. V—1925.
the two Governments will discuss the question of taking combined action accord
ing to the good relations prevailing between them, and
Whereas it is considered advisable by His Britannic Majesty’s Governmqet
and by the two Governments aforementioned, in the interests of friendship and
relations between the two countries of ’Iraq and Nejd to come to an agree
ment regarding certain matters which are outstanding between those two coun
tries.
We, the undersigned, His Highness ’Abdu’l-’Aziz ibn ’Abdu’r Rahman al-
Faisal A1 Sa’ud, Sultan of Nejd and its Dependencies, and Sir Gilbert Clayton,
K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G., the duly accredited Commissioner and Plenipotentiary
of His Britannic Majesty’s Government, who has been empowered to come to
an agreement and sign on behalf of the Iraq Government, have agreed upon the
following articles :—
Article 1.
The States of ’Iraq and Nejd severally recognise that raiding by tribes settled
in their territories into the territory of the other State is an aggression which ne
cessitates the severe punishment of the perpetrators by the Government to which
they are subject and that the chief of the tribe committing such aggression is to
be held responsible.
Article 2.
(а) A special tribunal shall be set up, by agreement between the two Govern
ments of ’Iraq and Nejd, which shall meet from time to time to enquire into the
particulars of any aggression committed across the frontier between the two States,
to assess the damages and losses and to fix the responsibility. This tribunal shall
be composed of an equal number of representatives of the Governments of Iraq
and Nejd, and Its presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. shall be entrusted to an additional person, other
then the aforesaid representatives, to be selected by the two Governments in
agreement. The decisions of this tribunal shall be final and executory.
(б) When the tribunal has fixed the responsibility, assessed the damages and
losses resulting from the raid, and issued its decision in that respect, the Govern
ment to whom those found guilty are subject shall execute the aforesaid decision
in accordance with tribal customs, and shall punish the guilty party in accord
ance with Article 1 of the present Agreement.
Article 3.
Tribes subject to one of the two Governments may not cross the frontier into
the territory of the other Government except after obtaining a permit from their
0w Q Government and after the concurrence of the other Government, it being
stipulated, however, in accordance with the principle of the freedom of graxing,
at neither Government shall have .the right to withhold such permit or con
currence if the migration of the tribe is due to grazing necessities.