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'Mosul Question, Lausanne 1922-1923 and after - Papers, despatches, speeches - Hotel de la Mer at Lausanne - Correspondence about oil' [‎156r] (309/501)

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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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rei—«
majority, united in religion, in race and in aim
icrra a whole which does not admit of division for any
reason in truth or in ordinance", is unintelligible. No
unity of race links together Semitic Arabs, Iranian Kurds
and Ural-Altaic Turks. Submission to Turkish rule over
a long period of time cannot be adduced as an argument
binding different races or nationalities to such submission
for ever.
io sum up, the Turkish claim amounts to. this.
Tne Turkish Parliament of February 1920 or the Angora
Assembly of December 1922 is to have the right to decide
tnat tne Losul Vilayet (which is represented in neither
to-day) and its enormous majority of non-Turks, is to be
taken away from the victors and returned to the vanquished.
All previous and intervening events are to be ignored -
tne growon of Arab and Kurdish nationalism: the fact that
the Arabs joined the Allied Powers in the Great War as
-Allies in order to free themselves with the support of
the Allies from Turkish rule: the development of the
mandatory system under Article 22 of the Covenant of the
League of Nations and the Treaty of Versailles: the
acceptance by His Majesty T s Government of a mandate in
respect of the three Vilayets of Basra, Baghdad and Mosul;
tne setting up of an Arab State and an Arab King: the
conclusion of a treaty between that King and His majesty’s
Government with the cognisance of the League of Nations:
the adhesion of a large part of the population of the
-.losul Vilayet to the ^rab State: the establishment of an
autonomous regime for the Kurds.

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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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