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'Mosul Question, Lausanne 1922-1923 and after - Papers, despatches, speeches - Hotel de la Mer at Lausanne - Correspondence about oil' [‎246r] (490/501)

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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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have defined the actual areas in which they are to work
the remaining area will he thrown open to all applicants
who will, however, work practically as lessees Oa one
Turkish Petroleum Company,enjoying full rights of access
V>*— - \to any pipe line.
T. - diplomatic difficulties have prevented any serious
,w '^''^ ork yet done on the Mosul oil field, one oil well
w AU on the Si6ris about 50 miles south of
Wji3CL*^La_
V- , Ulr ’or Mosul has been worked for military requirements but
U V-aW practically nothing else has been Those interested
U \t, in -the Turkish Petroleum Company, however, are extremely
optimistic as to the prospects and contemplate spending
O- ag muoh as £10,000,000 on a pipe line to the Mediterranean.
'A negotiations on the subject have only just been
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' opened in London.
Rectifications of the frontier.
The Treaty of Sevres fixes the frontier as the
"northern boundary of the vilayet of Mosul, modified,
however, so as to pass south of Amadia". T.^e Colonial
Office regard it as very essential that the boundary
should pass north and not south yf. Amadia. Tne exact
history of the provision in the Treaty is obscure, but
at Amadia we have planted out a number of the Assyrian
Christians who were previously refugees dependent on
charitable assistance further south. The Colonial.
Office would like to include within Iraq not only Amadia
but also the Assyrian tribal pasturage lying to the
north of it, and this arrangement would bring these trices
wholly within our frontier and prevent much tribal unrest
which may otherwise be occasioned. The tribal country
to the north is not, however, regarded as so essential
as Amadia itself. Apart from the interests of the Assyrian

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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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