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‘TREATY OF PEACE WITH TURKEY, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS Signed at Lausanne on July 24, 1923, together with Agreements between Greece and Turkey signed on January 30, 1923, and Subsidiary Documents forming part of THE TURKISH PEACE SETTLEMENT.’ [‎32r] (68/260)

The record is made up of 1 volume (126 folios). It was created in 1923-1924. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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rights and interests shall be restored if the payment is not made
within two months from the agreement with the owner or from
the decision of the Mixed Arbitral Tribunal mentioned above.
Article 67.
Greece, Roumania and the Serb-Croat-Slovene State on the one
hand, and Turkey on the other hand undertake mutuall} to
facilitate both by appropriate administrative measures an
delivery of all documents relating thereto the search on then tein
torv for, and the restituion of, movable property of every kind
taken away, seized or sequestrated by their armies or adminis 1 a-
tions in the territory of Turkey, or m the territory ol G eete,
Roumania or the Serb-Croat-Slovene State respectively, which are
actually within the territories in question.
Such search and restitution will take place also as regards
property of the nature referred to above seized or sequestrated by
German, Austro-Hungarian or Bulgarian armies or administrations
in the territory of Greece, Roumania or the Serb-Croat-Slovene
State, which has been assigned to Turkey or to her nationals, as
well as to property seized or sequestrated by the Greek, Roumanian
or Serbian armies in Turkish territory, which has been assigned to
Greece, Roumania or the Serb-Croat-Slovene State or to their
Applications relating to such search and restitution must be
made within six months from the coming into force of the present
Treaty.
Article 68.
Debts arising out of contracts concluded, in districts in Tui*ey
occupied by the Greek army, between the Greek authorities and
administrations on the one hand and Turkish nationals on the
other, shall be paid by the Greek Government m accordance vith
the provisions of the said contracts.
Article 69.
No charge, tax or surtax to which, by virtue of the privileges
which they enjoyed on the 1st August. 1914, Allied nationals and
their property were not subject, shall be collected fiom *
subjects or their property in respect of the financial years ear ler
than the financial year 1922-28.
If any sums have been collected after the 15 h 1923 m
respect of financial years earlier than the financial year 19-2 1. 28,
the amount shall be refunded to the persons concerned, as soon as
the present Treaty comes into force. .
No claim for repayment shall be made as regards sums encashed
before the 15th May, 1923.
Article 70.
Claims based on Articles 65.
competent authorities within six
66 and 69 must be lodged with the
months, and, in default of agiee-

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A printed copy of the Treaty of Peace with Turkey, commonly referred to as the Treaty of Lausanne. The treaty was signed on 24 July 1923 and formally ended the conflict between the Ottoman Empire and other nations (including Great Britain) that had begun at the onset of the First World War. The volume was printed and published by HM Stationery Office, London, 1923 (Treaty Series No. 16 (1923). Cmd. 1929). The treaty is printed in the French original and English translation.

The treaty is divided into seventeen sections (numbered I-XVII): I. Treaty of Peace; II. Straits Convention; III. Convention respecting the Thracian frontier; IV. Convention respecting conditions of Residence and Business and Jurisdiction; V. Commercial Convention; VI. Convention concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations, signed at Lausanne January 30, 1923; VII. Agreement between Greece and Turkey respecting the reciprocal restitution of interned civilians and the exchange of prisoners of war, signed at Lausanne 23 January 1923; VIII. Declaration relating to the Amnesty; IX. Declaration relating to Muslim properties in Greece; X. Declaration relating to sanitary matters in Turkey; XI. Declaration relating to the administration of justice in Turkey; XII. Protocol relating to certain concessions granted in the Ottoman Empire; XIII. Protocol relating to the accession of Belgium and Portugal to certain provisions and instruments signed at Lausanne; XIV. Protocol relating to the evacuation of the Turkish territory occupied by the British, French and Italian forces; XV. Protocol relating to the Karagatch [Karaağaç] territory and the Islands of Imbros [Gökçeada] and Tenedos [Bozcaada]; XVI. Protocol relating to the Treaty concluded at Sèvres between the principal Allied Powers and Greece on August 10, 1920, concerning the protection of minorities in Greece, and the Treaty concluded on the same day between the same Powers relating to Thrace; XVII. Protocol relating to signature by the Serb-Croat-Slovene State.

The volume also includes copies of correspondence relating to the treaty, including letters exchanged between the High Commissioner to Constantinople, Sir Horace George Montagu Rumbold, who signed the Treaty of Lausanne on behalf of the British Government, and the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ismet Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Mustafa İsmet İnönü]. A map of those parts of southeastern Europe affected by the treaty is also enclosed in the volume (f 126).

The volume is accompanied by a loose folio (f 128), entitled ‘NOTE ON THE TREATY OF PEACE (TURKEY) BILL, 1924.’, originally presented by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Parliament. The note was printed and published by HM Stationery Office, London, in 1924.

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1 volume (126 folios)
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The volume’s contents are listed at the front of the volume (ff 2-3), and refer to the volume’s original pagination system.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 128, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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‘TREATY OF PEACE WITH TURKEY, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS Signed at Lausanne on July 24, 1923, together with Agreements between Greece and Turkey signed on January 30, 1923, and Subsidiary Documents forming part of THE TURKISH PEACE SETTLEMENT.’ [‎32r] (68/260), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F112/280/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100066492368.0x000045> [accessed 20 April 2024]

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