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'Mosul Question, Lausanne 1922-1923 and after - Papers, despatches, speeches - Hotel de la Mer at Lausanne - Correspondence about oil' [‎230v] (459/501)

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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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5. The foreofoins: statement of the Irak case has the concurrence of His Majesty
King Feisal nnd of the Prime Minister. A copy of this despatch with maps is being
forwarded, as requested, to His Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople.
I have, &c.
H. DOBBS,
High Commissioner for Irak.
Appendix.
Corrected Description of the Northern Boundary of Mosul Division.
Appendix 1 of the previous despatch described the northern boundary of Mosul
Division as now administered I venture now to substitute for this a definition of the
Mosul Vilayet boundaries at the time of the armistice, together with comments on the
limits of the actual administration in fact.
At the time of the armistice the corner formed by the junction of the Khabur with
the 1 igris, including the Christian village Faisbkhabur, belonged to the Vilayet of
Diarbekr. For obvious military reasons the corner was included in the armistice
frontier of Irak. For the remainder the boundary of the Mosul Vilayet was accepted at
the time as the normal administrative boundary of Irak. This runs as follows:—
from the junction of the rivers Tigris and Khabur along the Khabur eastwards to
its junction with t e Hazil River, northwards along the Hazil River as far as the influx
of the tributary from the two villages of Baijo (marked “ Belo ” on the Maunsell sheet),
thence along this tributary to its source in the Tanin Mountain. (The village of Nerwa
on the left bank is excluded, and both Baijos are included.) Thence north of Merga
and Hadrish, and across to the heights above Halamun and Geramus. The boundary then
turns south-east so as just to exclude Ashita and the Lizan Valley and just include
Dashtani; thence down the Zab Biver, crossing so as just to exclude Chal ; thence east
wards so as to include Nerwa and Raikan and just exclude the village of Nervek marked
on the Maunsell sheet. The district of Nerva is really west, not north, of Raikan ; the
correct relations are marked on the new |--inch compilation which I have appended to
this despatch. After crossing the Oramar River, the Mosul Vilayet boundary turns
south-east to the north-eastern end of the Gavanda tableland (marked “ high rocky
plateau ” on the Maunsell sheet). The boundary here takes a salient southward and
meets the River Haji Beg a few miles north of its junction with the Baradost River,
thence continuing along the line of the Haji Beg River to the Persian frontier.
In actual fact, owing to the recent return of the Tiari and Tkhuma to their homes,
the administration is now carried further in the north than the nominal boundary.
Moreover, the Glial and Oramar tribes, and a part of the Girdi, have recourse to the
Irak Government, although they live beyond the nominal boundary.

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