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'Mosul Question, Lausanne 1922-1923 and after - Papers, despatches, speeches - Hotel de la Mer at Lausanne - Correspondence about oil' [‎141r] (279/501)

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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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numbers of people, especially the Kui'ds and the Christians,
evaded the census. Turkish pre-war statistics were therefore
always treated with the grea test *g0tfcaut ion by impartial
neutral authorities, for instance Cu^fet.
What the Turks regard as the strength of their
case is the so-called affinity of the Kurds and Turks,
or Turkomans, who admittedly together form the majority
of tie Mosul vilayet. As regards the Kurds, the Turkish
Delegation referring to an article on Kurdistan in the
Encyclopaedia Britannica claim that Turks and KUrds are both
a Turanian race, an^,while speaking a different tongue,
they form a single block from the point of view of race,
faith and customs.
Our reply to this is that while the precise
origin of the Kurds is a matter of controversy, best
informed opinion regards them as an Iranian race which
their language goes to prove, and that theijp
are unlike the Turks ; differing in particu
lar in physical appearance and such customs as their
attitude towards women. In the Sulaimanyeh division the
Kurds have begun to write in Kurdish and make use of
Kurdish in the schools and in official correspondence.
They would certainly reject with scorn any claim of racial
or national affinity with the Turks apart from the
religious tie and the political connection of the past,
which, of course, still carries some weight among the
leaders who were paid or employed by the Turks before the
war.
In support of their claim to hold the sympathies
of the Kurds, the Turkish Delegati on, at any r ote in
private... ,

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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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