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The record is made up of 251 folios (1 file). It was created in 15 Nov 1922-3 Nov 1923. It was written in English. 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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between Southern Anatolia Peninsula that forms most of modern-day Turkey. and Persia, which is quite insignificant, and, in an y
case, finds its easiest route through Bagdad; the export of buffaloes from Mosu ,
though buff aloes are bred, not in Mosul, but in Lower Mesopotamia; and the construction
of the Bagdad Railway, which, in point of fact, is useful to Mosul, not because it is a link
with Anatolia Peninsula that forms most of modern-day Turkey. , but because it unites Irak with its neighbour and customer, the . ia
country of Syria. Of the British arguments, which the Turkish delegation has
preferred to pass over in silence, the most important is the incontrovertible tact tnat
Mosul can never get its principal imports (piece-goods, tea, sugar and 10 ei) ro
Anatolia Peninsula that forms most of modern-day Turkey. .
6. Strategic. •
The first argument in this section of the Turkish memorandum appears to be
based on the entirely unfounded assumption that in any case Sulaimamyeh and
Kirkuk are to he restored to Turkey. The Vilayet of Mosul is ^divisible, and the
arguments in this memorandum and m that of the 14th Deceinbe i . veen
vilayet as a whole. The Turkish claim to Mosul (town) as an essential lin
SuSaniyeh and Kirkuk on one hand, and Anatolia Peninsula that forms most of modern-day Turkey. on the other, therefore falls
t0 th It 8 is°not clear why the possession of Mosul should be necessary |or the detence
of Turkey As a base for an attack on Irak its value is obvious, but it cannot .
seriously'argued Hat Turkey hue anytking to fear from tW
to be separated from its ^hfcMs nof only difficult to defend,
liutAs dangerously nea? 6 to its
order have to be taken into account.
7. The National Part n ts in the British memorandum
The Turkish delegation ^^^^"eiation can the first article of
which show conclusively , that retrocession of the Mosul Vilayet. The
the National Pact be read as d «™“i g ^ Nationa ] p act does cover the Mosul
delegation simply repeat the statem . jj carry conviction; nor would
Vilayet- More assertion of this if documents were to be
it be a sound innovation in in t a what their authors, years
interpreted, not by what 1 ■ 1 ‘ f-j d ' to sav In any case, it may be worth
afterwards, claim that the >: 3s what the present claim of the Turkish delegation
while to state m the cleaiest terms ‘ ] . 1 ,> , liament 0 f February 1920, or the
really means. It means a nioo is to have the right to decide that the Mosul
Angora Assembly ot Decembe , - pp it s ']ittle minority of Turkomans
Vilayet (which is represented in ^ither body), with iteltum ^ ^ m
and its enormous major it\ ot no vana uished All intervening events are to be
, he great war and to be returned Sonalism; the development of the
ignored. The growth of . , xjj s Maiesty's Government of a mandate
mandatory system and the acc } > Basdad^and Mosul; the setting up of an
in respect of the three ^ayets of Basia^Bagdad^m ^ ^ of the p 4 ulation 0 f
Arab State with an Arab Ivl "8’ ‘ ., establishment of an autonomous regime
t JStSSS 5 .«.u» .1, Turkisll
delegation chooses to advance th * s , ® with"the case in this light-hearted and
The British delegation is unable todealwith thecas of the Mosul
arbitrary manner. I aithful to « 1 ions, the British Government is bound
Vilayet, to its allies, and to the surrender of the Mosul Vilayet, and
is umU? to seVthat anyTdva^tage can arise from further argument on the subject.

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Letters and papers on the frontier between Iraq (also written as Irak in the file) and Turkey, with particular reference to Mosul and questions concerning oil. The file consists mainly of correspondence between Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs George Curzon, and officials in the Foreign Office, Air Ministry, Colonial Office and Ismet Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Mustafa İsmet İnönü]. The contents of the file are as follows:

Following documents are undated:

  • Lord Balfour to League of Nations. Speech: The frontier between Turkish territory and the territory of Iraq
  • The President of the League of Nations. Reply: after Speech by Balfour
  • Typewritten report: The question of Mosul
  • Typewritten report: The Question of Mosul

The file also includes handwritten notes by Curzon on the Mosul vilayet and groups residing there.

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251 folios (1 file)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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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 251; 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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Mss Eur F112/294
Title
'Mosul Question, Lausanne 1922-1923 and after - Papers, despatches, speeches - Hotel de la Mer at Lausanne - Correspondence about oil'
Pages
1r:28v, 28ar:28av, 29r:72v, 91r:167v, 170r:218r, 218r:251v
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