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'Mosul Question, Lausanne 1922-1923 and after - Papers, despatches, speeches - Hotel de la Mer at Lausanne - Correspondence about oil' [‎180r] (357/501)

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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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PLEBISCITE AHD MOSUL.
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1. There is reason to believe that the Turkish
Delegation will, on Tuesday, counter Lord Curzon f s proposal
for an enquiry by the League of Nations to fix the frontier
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or for some sort of , by proposing that the
Mosul vilayet or the part to the north of the line occupied
by British troops on the day of the Mudros Armistice,
October 30th, 1918, should be given a plebiscite, British
troops and officers being withdrawn south of the southern
frontier of the vilayet or south of the armistice line,
and the T vacuum 1 policed by a joint Anglo-Turkish or Anglo-
Arab-Turkish gendarmerie.
2. It is suggested that the best method of
countering this proposa.l,which not umair,
is as follows:-
(a) Firstly, it may incidentally be pointed out that
by this proposal the Turkish Delegation will themselves
tear up Article 1 of tbe National Pact,which only admits
a plebhcite for the Arabs south of tlie Armistice line of
October 30th, 1918.
(b) The question at issue is not whether the Mosul
vilayet as a whole should be incorporated in Turkey or
the State of Iraq. That question, so fer at any rate as
all the Arabs (some 180,000) and all the Christians (some
62,000) are concerned, has already been settled by the
free vote of 1921 which acclaimed Peisal as King of Iraq
including Mosul. In this vote many Kurds too participated
including the Erbil Liwa, in spite of its predominantly
Kurdish...

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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'
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1r:28v, 28ar:28av, 29r:72v, 91r:167v, 170r:218r, 218r:251v
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