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'Mosul Question, Lausanne 1922-1923 and after - Papers, despatches, speeches - Hotel de la Mer at Lausanne - Correspondence about oil' [‎135r] (267/501)

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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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of the League reserve to themselves the right to take such action
as they shall consider necessary for the maintenance of right
and justice.
If the dispute between the parties is claimed by one of
them, and is found by the Council, to arise out of a matter which
by international law is solely within the domestic jurisdiction
of that party, the Council shall so report, and shall make no
recommendation as to its settlement.
fhe Council may in any case under this Article refer the
dispute to the Assembly. The dispute shall be so referred at
the request of'either party to the dispute, provided that such
request be made within fourteen days after the submission of
the dispute to the Council.
In any case referred to the Assembly, all the provisions
of this Article and of Article 12 relating to the action and
powers of the Council shall apply to the action and pov/ers of
the Assembly, provided that a report made by the Assembly, if
concurred in by the Representatives of those Eembers of the
League represented on the Council and of a majority of the other
Eembers of the League,exclusive in each case of the Representa
tives of the parties to the dispute, shall have the same force
as a report by the Council concurred in by all the members there
of other than the Representatives of one or more of the parties
to the dispute.
ARTICLE 16.
Should any Uember of the League resort to war in disregard
of its covenants under Articles 12,13, or 15, it shall ipso
fan to be deemed to have committed an act of war against all
other Members Qf the League, which hereby undertake immediately
to subject it to the severance of all trade or financial
relations.

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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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