Greetings,
What was the country code for the Saudi-Iraqi neutral zone and where
did you find such a thing?
The Zone was apparently divided up in 1981, but the treaty (which I've
never read) seems to have never been thoroughly filed under
international law. For some countries that zone still exists.
The Zone was, unlike the Saudi-Kuwaiti one, not created to split
assets, but to really be a condominium. A State Department study of
the Saudi-Iraq border contains the provisions of the treaty that had
an attachment (protocol) creating the zone.
Here it is:
"The Iraq - Saudi Arabia boundary is based on the Treaty of Muhammarah
(Khorramshahr) May 5, 1922, and the subsequent Protocol of Uqayr,
December 2, 1922, which delimited the boundary.
This delimitation of a boundary was the first in this desert area.
Although, in the past, there have been reports that actual demarcation
on the ground would be undertaken, it has not been accomplished. There
are no known disputes pertaining to the alignment of the boundary
itself. However, if more precise data and mapping information based on
fixes and measurement on the ground were available, it is probable
that some of the actual locations of sites that are noted in these
agreements would differ from those shown in the limited maps and
technical data that are available. The text of the Treaty of
Muhammarah, May 5, 1922, with regard to the boundary is as follows:
Article 1.
(a) The tribes known as the Muntafiq, Dhafir and Amarat will belong to
Iraq. Both Governments, that is to say the Government of Iraq and the
Government of Najd, guarantee mutually that they will prevent
aggression by their tribes on the tribes of the other, and will punish
their tribes for any such aggression, and should the circumstances not
permit of such punishment, the two Governments will discuss the
question of taking combined action according to the good relations
prevailing between them.
(b) The Najd delegate having refused to accept the boundaries asked
for by the Iraq Government, the following principle was laid down:--
According to Article 1 (a) the Muntafiq, Dhafir and Amarat tribes
belong to Iraq; similarly the Shammar Najd belong to Najd. The wells
and lands used from old times by the Iraq tribes shall belong to Iraq
and the wells and lands used from old times by the Shammar Najd shall
belong to Najd. In order to determine the location of these lands and
wells and to fix a boundary line in accordance with this principle a
committee shall be formed consisting of two persons with local
knowledge from each Government, and presided over by a British
official selected by the High Commissioner; the committee will meet in
Baghdad to fix the final boundaries, and both parties will accept
these boundaries without any objection.
The pertinent provisions of the Protocol of Uqayr, December 1922 is as
follows:
Article 1.
(a) The frontier from the East begins at the junction of the Wadi al
Aujah (W. el Audja) with Al Batin and from this point the Najd
frontier passes in a straight line to the well called Al Wuqubah (El
Ukabba) leaving Al Dulaimiyah (Dulaimiya) and Al Wuqubah (El Ukabba)
north of the line and from Al Wuqubah (El Ukabba) it continues N.W. to
Bir Ansab (Bir Unsab).
(b) Starting from the point mentioned above, i.e., from the point of
the junction of the Wadi al Aujah (W. el Audja) with Al Batin (El
Batin) the Iraq boundary continues in a straight line N.W. to Al
Amghar (El Amghar) leaving this place to the south of the line and
from thence proceeds S.W. in a straight line until it joins the Najd
frontier at Bir Ansab (Bir Unsab).
(c) The area delimited by the points enumerated above which includes
all these
points will remain neutral and common to the two Governments of Iraq
and Najd who will enjoy equal rights in it for all purposes.
(d) From Bir Ansab (Bir Unsab) the boundary between the two states
proceeds N.W. to Birkat al Jumaimah (Birkat el Djumeima) and from
thence northwards to Bir al Uqbah (Bir el Akaba) and Qasr Uthaimin
(Kasr Athmin) from there westwards in a straight line passing through
the centre of Jal al Batn (Djal el Batn) to Bir Lifiyah (Bir Lifa) and
then to Bir al Manaiyah (Bir al Maniya) and from there to Jadidat Arar
(Djadaidat el Arar) from there to Mukur and from Mukur to the Jabal
Anazan (Anaza) situated in the neighbourhood of the intersection of
latitude 32 degrees north with longitude 39 degrees east where the
Iraq - Najd boundary terminates.
Article 2.
Whereas many of the wells fall within the Iraq boundaries and the Najd
side is deprived of them, the Iraq Government pledges itself not to
interfere with those Najd tribes living in the vicinity of the border
should it be necessary for them to resort to the neighbouring Iraq
wells for water, provided that these wells are nearer to them than
those within the Najd boundaries.
Article 3
The two Governments mutually agree not to use the watering places and
wells situated in the vicinity of the border for any military purpose,
such as building forts on them, and not to concentrate troops in their
vicinity.
IV. SUMMARY
The Iraq - Saudi Arabia boundary is about 426 miles in length and is
delimited. The additional "Neutral Zone," which begins at the Kuwait
boundary at the junction of the Wadi al-'Awja' with the Wadi al-Batin
at 29°06'05" North Latitude and 46°33'19" East Longitude, is about 119
miles long in the northern segment and about 125 miles in length
between the "Neutral Zone" and Saudi Arabia in the south."
--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Meynell <kevin@m...> wrote:
> Len,
>
> >The Saudi-Kuwait neutral zone was established
>
> What was the situation with the former Saudi-Iraq neutral zone,
which even
> had its own country code designator?
>
> Regards,
>
> Kevin Meynell