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 1826 CONVENTION-AMERICAN RIGHTS IN IRAQ. JAN. 9, 1930. Bcbedule n-COntd. be agreed upon by the High Contracting Parties shall be com- municated to the Council of the League of Nations. The ratifications shall be exchanged at Ba~dad. The present treaty has boon drawn up In English and Arabic. One copy in each language will remain deposited in the archives of the Iraq Government, and one ~op~ in each language in those of thp Government of His Britannic MaJesty. IN W1TNF..sB OF WIDCX the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the present treaty and have affixed thereto their seals. Done at Bagdad in duplicate this tenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two of the Christian :Era, corresponding with the nineteenth day of Sa'far, one thoushnd three hundred and forty-one, Hijrah. P. z. Cox, His Britannic M"aje8tY'8 High 001TllfTlissioner in Iraq. '_\ .BD-UR-RAHMAN, N ~ib-al-.A.'~hraf of Bagdatl a:nil Pri'IM Minist~r of the Iraq Government. No.2. Pro[;col to the Treaty of Allia.nce between Great Britain and Iraq of 'Jctober 10, 19ff. We, the unde1'3igned :l{l::upotentiaries of His Britannic Majesty and of His Majest:r the r! g of Iraq respectively, having been duly authorised, met together this 30th day of April, 1923, correspondinir to the 14th Ramazan, 1341, in order to sign the following protocol to the Treaty of All:ianc;;; concluded between their Majesties afore- said on the 10th October, 1922, corresponding to 19th Sa'far, 1341, Hijrah, subject to r.r.,tification. PROTOCOL. It is understood between the High Contracting Parties that, not- withstanding the provisions of article 18, the present treaty shall terminate upon Iraq becoming a member of the uague of Nations and in any case not later than four years from the ratifi(ation of peace with Turkey. Nothing in this protocol shall prevent a fresh agreement from being concluded with a view to regulate the sub- sequent relations between the High Contracting Parties; and nego- tiations for that object shall be entered into between them before the expiration of the above period. In witness of which the respective plenipotentiaries have affixed their signatures thereto. Done at Bagdad in duplicate this 30th day of April, 1923, of the Christian era, corresponding with the 14th day of Ramazan, 1341, Hijrah. P. z. Cox, His Britannic Maje8ty', High o01l1lTl'li.tisioner in Iraq. ABnUL MUUSIN-AL-SA'ADUN, Pri'IM Minister of tM Irag Goverrvment.