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'Mosul Question, Lausanne 1922-1923 and after - Papers, despatches, speeches - Hotel de la Mer at Lausanne - Correspondence about oil' [‎154r] (305/501)

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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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VII.
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THB IUTIOIJAL I^ag>
^Irticle 1 of the National Pact reads as
follows
’'Inasmuch as it is necessary that the destinies
of the portions of the Turkish Empire which are
populated exclusively by an Arab majority, and which
on the conclusion of the Armistice of the 30th
October 1918, were in the occupation of enemy forces,
should be determined in accordance with the votes
which shall be freely given by the inhabitants, the
whole of those parts, whether within or outside the
said Armistice line, which are inhabited by an Ottoman
Moslem majority, united in religion, in race and in
■-iim, imbued with sentiments of mutual respect for each
other and of sacrifice, and wholly respectful of each
other's racial and social rights and surrounding
conditions, form a whole v/hich does not admit of
division for any reason in truth or in ordinance.”
The argument based upon this Article was demolished
in the British Memorandum of December 14th, and this
argument has never really been answered by the Turkish
Delegation. The British criticism of this part of the
Turkish claim may be briefly summarised as follows:~
fl) It is unusual for the vanquished to prescribe
to the victors how they are to dispose of the conquered
territories. In particular it is not known that the Turks
after uheir victories in the past have encouraged the
vanquished to ask for plebiscites.
f2) The words "populated exclusivel y by an Arab
majority" appear nonsensical since the existence of
majorities implies the existence of minorities.
(3) As in fact the ‘Arabs are in a minority as
against the Nurds in the Mosul Vilayet, it appears that
in reality while proposing a plebiscite for the Arabs the
Turks are actually, by the terms of the first Article,
making the holding of such a plebiscite impossible by the
fact that the Arabs are not in a majority.
(4) Two plebiscites have been held in the Mosul
Vilayet since the Armistice. In 1919 Basra, Baghdad and
Mosul

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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
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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