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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.’ [‎25r] (54/260)

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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any, outstanding at the date of the coming into force of
the present Treaty, together with the interest from the
dates mentioned in the first paragraph of Article 53 and
the repayments made since those dates, shall be distri
buted in accordance with the provisions of Article 50 (1)
and Article 51 (1).
(2.) As regards the amounts for which the Ottoman Empire
remains liable after the first distribution and the advances
referred to in the Table which were contracted by the
said Empire between the 17th October, 1912, and the
1st November, 1914. the capital amount, if any, outstand
ing at the date of the coming into force of the present
Treaty, together with the interest from the 1st March,
1920, and the repayments made since that date, shall be
distributed in accordance with the provisions of Article
50 (2) and Article 51 (2).
The Council of the Ottoman Public Debt shall, within three
months from the coming into force of the present Treaty, determine
the amount of the share in these advances for which each of the
States concerned is liable, and notify them of such amount.
The sums for which States other than Turkey are liable shall be
paid by those States to the Council of the Debt and shall be paid by
the Council to the creditors, or credited to the Turkish Government
up to the amount paid by Turkey, by way of interest or repayment,
for the account of those States.
The' payments referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be
made by five equal annuities from the coming into force of the present
Treaty. Such portion of these payments as is payable to the
-creditors of the Ottoman Empire shall bear interest at the rates laid
down in the contracts governing the advances; the portion to be
credited to the Turkish Government shall be paid without interest.
Article 53.
The annuities for the service of the loans of the Ottoman Public
Debt (as defined in Part A of the Table annexed to this Section) due
by the States in favour of which a territory has been detached from
the Ottoman Empire after the Balkan wars, shall be payable as from
the coming into force of the treaties by which the respective terri
tories were transferred to those States. In the case of the islands
referred to in Article 12, the annuity shall be payable as from the
Ist/Hth November, 1913, and, in the case of the islands referred
to in Article 15, as from the 17th October, 1912.
The annuities due by the States newly created in territories in
Asia detached from the Ottoman Empire under the present Treaty,
and by the State to which the territory referred to in the last para
graph of Article 46 has been attributed, shall be pavable as from the
1st March, 1920.

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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.’ [‎25r] (54/260), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F112/280/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100066492368.0x000037> [accessed 6 April 2025]

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