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'Mosul Question, Lausanne 1922-1923 and after - Papers, despatches, speeches - Hotel de la Mer at Lausanne - Correspondence about oil' [‎142r] (281/501)

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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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4.
pilvate conversation, continually puts forward the claim
that about half the Grand National Assembly are Kurdish
and that they even have some representatives "elected"
from Southern Kurdistan. The Turks also point to the
Kurdish regiments which were among the first to enter
Smyrna, after the Greek evacuation. All our information
goes to show that if there are Kurdish deputies at Angora
they have not been "elected" in the western sense of the
word, but simply nominated by the Turkish leaders. Though
the argument requires careftil lousing,
that such political and military rapprochement as has
taken place between the Kurds and the Turks is /due to
their common guiltiness in the matter of the Armenian
massacres. T
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With regard to the Turks'"in^t he Mosul vilayet,
□ nmn rnuu iiih.ii lirrmniii nut on t bn nmunifi thnt most of them
are the descendants of a Turanian invasion from Central
which preceded the Selj'uk and Ottoman conquest of
Asia Minor, and tKoA they speak a dialect unlike the
Turkish of Anatolia Peninsula that forms most of modern-day Turkey. or Constantinople and more akin to the
Tartar of Azerbaijan. Others are simply the families of
Turkish officials or Turkish officers and garrisons
scattered in the Mosul Vilayet to hold down Kurds and
Arabs. The position, for instance, of the village of
Tell-^far, a Turkish village of 10,000 inhabitants, some
45 miles west of Mosul on the desert road, shows the
strategic importance of the Turkish colonies. If the
Turks want them back, the Arabs and we would v/illingly
exchange them for the large Arab minority winch still
«
remains. ••

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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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