Sovereignty of Umm al Maradin and Qaru p.25

FO 1016/705 1960
PERSIAN GULF - Neja - NOS. IV - 1922 & V - 1925

Written in the port of Uqair and signed by therepresentatives of both Governments on the second day of December1922 corresponding to 13th of Rabi'al Thani 1341.

ABDULLAH SA'ID DAMLUJI

Representative of His Highness the Sultan of Najd.

J.C. MORE, Major.

Political Agent, Kuwait.

I have agreed to the contents of this agreement.
ABDUL AZIZ BIN ABDUL RAHMAN AS-SA'UD.

Sultan of Najd and its Dependencies.I have agreed to the contents of this agreement.

AHMAD AL-JABIR AS-SUBAH

Hakim of Kuwait.(Translator's note - The spelling of place names in brackets isthat used in the map referred to in the treaty).

No. VTHE BAHRA AGREEMENT.

AGREEMENT between the SULTAN OF NEJD and the BRITISH GOVERNMENT on
behalf of the IRAQ GOVERNMENT to regulate tribal matters and toset up a tribunal to deal with tribal raids between Nejd andIraq - 1925.

Translation.

Whereas with a view to securing good relations between thetwo Governments of Iraq and Nejd, a Treaty known as the MohammerahConvention was agreed upon between those two Governments and signedon the 7th Ramadan 1340 (corresponding to the 5th May 1922) and

Whereas the aforesaid Treaty was supplemented by two Protocolsknown respectively as Protocol Number 1 and Protocol Number II ofthe Mohammerah Convention which were signed at 'Umair on the 12thRabi' Thani 1341 (corresponding to the 2nd December 1922) and

Whereas the aforesaid Treaty and Protocols have been dulyratified by the two Governments of Iraq and Nejd, and

Whereas in Article I of the aforesaid Mohammerah Conventionthe Governments of Iraq and of Nejd have guaranteed mutually thatthey will prevent aggression by their tribes on the tribes ofthe other and will punish their tribes for any such aggressionand should the circumstances not admit of such punishment .....