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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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VI. STRATEGIC.
The Turkish Delegation's case for the inclusion
O-l .i.Iosul on strategic gfounds in Turkey rests
(1) on the fact that LIosul is the road centre
for the regions of Suleimaniyah, Kirkuk, Van, Bitlis,
Diarbekir and 3ert:
(2) on the pretension that the Djebel-Hamrin
Djebel-Pouhoul — Djebel-Sindjar range of foothills
forms a natural frontier between Turkey and Iraq:
(3) on the plea that Baghdad is not really
seriously threatersfi by a frontier some 60 miles fiom it
or, that if it is, the argument would equally apply to
Adrianopie, Constantinople and capitals of other States
in the world, quite apart from the danger which the
proximity of the Persian frontier must on this analogy
offer to Baghdad.
( Qy<^y
Our answer to these
(1) That while Mosul is undoubtedly a road centre
there are good roads between the towns of Southern
Anatolia Peninsula that forms most of modern-day Turkey. , such as Van, Bitlis, Sert and Diarbekir which
do not run through Mosul but entirely in Turkish territory,
and that there is a road^leading from Van to Rowandus which
does^run through Mosul, ** As proved by the recent
penetration of Turkish troops to the latter town:
( 2 ) That the Djebel—Hamrin is no military barrier
but really a kind of rolling down with gentle gradients,
and that its adoption as the frontier would cut the
capital of Iraq off from its main source of wheat supply
if war threatened and would enable Turkey, if she
desired,to do so, to keep an army corps at Mosul and from
the

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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
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