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'Mosul Question, Lausanne 1922-1923 and after - Papers, despatches, speeches - Hotel de la Mer at Lausanne - Correspondence about oil' [‎151r] (299/501)

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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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XV
Turkey lias no need of all these commodities, which she
produces herself.
Baghdad is dependent on the LIosul Yilayet for
its wheat supplies to such an extent that during the
V/ar when the two Vilayets were separated hy military
operations the British authorities had to import wheat
from India to feed the district. It is true that before
the War, as the Turkish Delegation points out, Baghdad
also imported wheat from the district of Liarbekir, but
she is now freed from this necessity by the increase of
ner own cultivation due to better irrigation methods,
provided of course she can continue to receive the
Mosul supply. Again, the district of Erbil and Altun
Keupru, partfer Turcoman a& to the towns and mainly Kurdish
as to the agricultural areas, lives entirely on its
export of grain to Baghdad.
The trade between Southern Anatolia Peninsula that forms most of modern-day Turkey. and Iraq
is relatively insignificant just as is the trade between
southern Anatolia Peninsula that forms most of modern-day Turkey. and Persia, which in any case finds its
easiest route through Baghdad and not through Mosul.
It is of course possible that, other considera
tions apart, the disastrous effect of the separation of
the Mosul Vilayet from the Baghdad Vilayet might be
mitigated by really efficient and up-to-date customs
arrangements, but these are difficult to ensure in this
part of the v/orld and the fact that^ economically the
country ITorth of the existing boundary betv/een Turkey
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on the one side and Syria and Iraq on the otheFTare
mutually independent of each other, adds to the over
whelming case for the inclusion of the Mosul Vilayet in
the State of Iraq.

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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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