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‘TREATY OF PEACE WITH TURKEY, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS Signed at Lausanne on July 24, 1923, together with Agreements between Greece and Turkey signed on January 30, 1923, and Subsidiary Documents forming part of THE TURKISH PEACE SETTLEMENT.’ [‎11r] (26/260)

The record is made up of 1 volume (126 folios). It was created in 1923-1924. It was written in English and French. 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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then upstream along the Arda, up to a point on that river to be
determined on the spot in the immediate neighbourhood of the
village of Tchorek-Keuy :
the course of the Arda;
thence in a south-easterly direction up to a point on the
Maritza, 1 kilom. below Bosna-Keuy :
a roughly straight line leaving in Turkish territory the village
of Bosna-Keuy. The village of Tehorek-Keuy shall be assigned to
Greece or to Turkey according as the majority of the population
shall be found to be Greek or Turkish by the Commission for which
provision is made in Article 5. the population which has migrated
into this village after the 11th October, 1922. not being taken into
account;
thence to the iEgean Sea :
the course of the Maritza.
Article 3.
From the Mediterranean to the frontier of Persia, the frontiei
of Turkey is laid down as follows :
(1.) With Syria:
The frontier described in Article 8 of the Franco- Turkish
Agreement of the 20th October, 1921;
'2.) With Iraq :
The frontier between Turkey and Iraq shall be laid down in
triendly arrangement to be concluded between Turkey and Great
Britain within nine months. , . , , ,, , ^
In the event of no agreement being reached between the two
Governments within the time mentioned, the dispute shall be
referred to the Council of the League of Nations. .
The Turkish and British Governments reciprocally undertake
-hat, pending the decision to be reached on the subject of the
irontier, no military or other movement shall take place which
alight modify in any way the present state of the territories of
which the final fate will depend upon that decision.
Article 4
The frontiers described by the present Treaty are traced on
the one in a million maps attached to the present Treaty. In case
of divergence between the text and the map, the text will prevail.
Article 5.
A Boundary Commission will be appointed to trace on the ground
the frontier defined in Article 2 (2). This Commission will be
composed of representatives of Greece and of Turkey, each Power
appointing one representative, and a president chosen by them
from the nationals of a third Power.
Thev shall endeavour in all cases to follow as nearly as possible
the descriptions given in the present Treaty, taking into account

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A printed copy of the Treaty of Peace with Turkey, commonly referred to as the Treaty of Lausanne. The treaty was signed on 24 July 1923 and formally ended the conflict between the Ottoman Empire and other nations (including Great Britain) that had begun at the onset of the First World War. The volume was printed and published by HM Stationery Office, London, 1923 (Treaty Series No. 16 (1923). Cmd. 1929). The treaty is printed in the French original and English translation.

The treaty is divided into seventeen sections (numbered I-XVII): I. Treaty of Peace; II. Straits Convention; III. Convention respecting the Thracian frontier; IV. Convention respecting conditions of Residence and Business and Jurisdiction; V. Commercial Convention; VI. Convention concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations, signed at Lausanne January 30, 1923; VII. Agreement between Greece and Turkey respecting the reciprocal restitution of interned civilians and the exchange of prisoners of war, signed at Lausanne 23 January 1923; VIII. Declaration relating to the Amnesty; IX. Declaration relating to Muslim properties in Greece; X. Declaration relating to sanitary matters in Turkey; XI. Declaration relating to the administration of justice in Turkey; XII. Protocol relating to certain concessions granted in the Ottoman Empire; XIII. Protocol relating to the accession of Belgium and Portugal to certain provisions and instruments signed at Lausanne; XIV. Protocol relating to the evacuation of the Turkish territory occupied by the British, French and Italian forces; XV. Protocol relating to the Karagatch [Karaağaç] territory and the Islands of Imbros [Gökçeada] and Tenedos [Bozcaada]; XVI. Protocol relating to the Treaty concluded at Sèvres between the principal Allied Powers and Greece on August 10, 1920, concerning the protection of minorities in Greece, and the Treaty concluded on the same day between the same Powers relating to Thrace; XVII. Protocol relating to signature by the Serb-Croat-Slovene State.

The volume also includes copies of correspondence relating to the treaty, including letters exchanged between the High Commissioner to Constantinople, Sir Horace George Montagu Rumbold, who signed the Treaty of Lausanne on behalf of the British Government, and the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ismet Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Mustafa İsmet İnönü]. A map of those parts of southeastern Europe affected by the treaty is also enclosed in the volume (f 126).

The volume is accompanied by a loose folio (f 128), entitled ‘NOTE ON THE TREATY OF PEACE (TURKEY) BILL, 1924.’, originally presented by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Parliament. The note was printed and published by HM Stationery Office, London, in 1924.

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1 volume (126 folios)
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The volume’s contents are listed at the front of the volume (ff 2-3), and refer to the volume’s original pagination system.

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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 128, 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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‘TREATY OF PEACE WITH TURKEY, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS Signed at Lausanne on July 24, 1923, together with Agreements between Greece and Turkey signed on January 30, 1923, and Subsidiary Documents forming part of THE TURKISH PEACE SETTLEMENT.’ [‎11r] (26/260), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F112/280/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100066492368.0x00001b> [accessed 8 June 2026]

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