Iraq–Jordan border
The Iraq–Jordan border is 179 km (111 mi) in length and runs from the tripoint with Syria in the north to the tripoint with Saudi Arabia in the south.[1]
Description
The border starts in the north at the Syrian tripoint and proceeds southwards via a series of six straight lines, down to the tripoint with Saudi Arabia. Iraq's Ruwayshid Air Base lies immediately adjacent to the border.
History
At the start of the 20th century the
No precise boundary between the Iraq and Transjordan mandates was drawn at that time.[3] The location of the Eastern border between Transjordan and Iraq was considered strategic with respect to the proposed construction of what became the
Iraq and Jordan's northern frontier with the French
The 1932 border was revised in 1984, creating the modern frontier which consists of six straight lines.[10]
Border Crossings
See also
- Iraq-Jordan relations
References
- ^ CIA World Factbook – Iraq, retrieved 1 April 2020
- Madawi Al-Rasheed. A History of Saudi Arabia. Cambridge, England, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Pp. 40.
- ^ a b c d International Boundary Study No. 98 – Iraq-Jordan Boundary (PDF), 15 April 1970, archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2019, retrieved 2 April 2020
- ISBN 978-1-86064-331-6. Archivedfrom the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ Browne, O'Brien (10 August 2010). "Creating Chaos: Lawrence of Arabia and the 1916 Arab Revolt". HistoryNet, LLC. Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ League of Nations Official Journal, Nov. 1922, pp. 1188–1189, 1390–1391.
- ^ Wilson 1990, p. 100.
- ^ a b Amadouny 2012, pp. 132–133.
- ^ Amadouny 2012, pp. 132–133, Amadouny cites Lawrence, 'Transjordan-Extension of Territory', 5 January 1922, CO 733 33.
- ^ "Cambridge Archive Editions - Arabian Boundary Disputes". Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
Sources
- Amadouny, Vartan (2012). "The Evolution of the Transjordan-Iraq Boundary, 1915–40". In Clive H. Schofield and Richard N. Schofield (ed.). The Middle East and North Africa: World Boundaries. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-88028-7.
- Wilson, Mary Christina (1990). King Abdullah, Britain and the Making of Jordan. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-39987-6.