The Saudi Arabian–Iraqi neutral zone also known as the neutral territory or neutral territory zone, was a kite-shaped region of 7,044 km2 on the border between Saudi Arabia and Iraq within which the b
The former Neutral Zone between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
Navigation chart showing Iraq-Saudi Neutral Zone.
The Kingdom of Iraq under British Administration, or Mandatory Iraq, was created in 1921 after the 1920 Iraqi Revolt against the proposed British Mandate of Mesopotamia and was enacted via the 1922 An
Saudi Arabian–Iraqi neutral zone
…between the two countries had not been settled. The neutral zone came into existence following the Uqair Protocol of 1922 that defined the border between Mandatory Iraq and the Sultanate of Nejd (Saudi Arabia's predecessor state). An agreement to partition the neutral zone was reached by Iraqi and Saudi representatives…
Coronation of Faisal as King of Iraq, who is seated. To his right are British High Commissioner Sir Percy Cox and Lieutenant Kinahan Cornwallis and to his is the left commander-in-chief of all British troops in the Mesopotamia Commander General Aylmer Haldane.
Mandatory Iraq, 1921. Remembrance flag of the coronation of King Faisal I
A photograph of British and Iraqi dignitaries in Baghdad from 1923 during the era of Mandatory Iraq. From second left to right in the front row, Kinahan Cornwallis, Sassoon Eskell, and Gertrude Bell. Bernard Henry Bourdillon stands directly behind Bell in the second row.