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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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Ministry of Finance, to which Department the Mesopotamian
oil concession had been transferred from the Civil List,
by firmans issued in 1908 and 1909* The general upheaval
caused by the events in those years impeded the progress
of the negotiations during the years 1910 and 1911#
In 1912 endeavours wwre made by German interests
to obtain the confirmation by the Turkish Government
of the arrangements concluded in 1904 between the Anatoli
an Railway Company and the Sultan's Civil List, and, with
the apparent object of pursuing the matter and of widening
the scope of their activity in oil operations in other
parts of the Turkish Empire, they formed a British limited
liability company called the Turkish Petroleum Company
(Limited), the capital of which was partly British and
partly German.
This development was succeeded by a series of
negotiations entered into between the British group
and members of the Turkish Petroleum Company for the
amalgamation of the rival interests and for pursuing
jointly the application before the Turkish Government for
the grant of a concession for the Mesopotamian oilfield*.
These negotiations, in which the British and German
Governments took an active interest, terminated in the
early part of 1914, when an agreement was reached for the
fusion of the interests of the original Turkish Petroleum
Company and of the original British group in the new
Turkish Petroleum Company. This agreement was signed not
only by the parties immediately interested, but also
on behalf of the British and German Governments respective
ly. The German share in this new company was fixed at
25 per cent.
In consequence of this arrangement. His
Majesty* s

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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
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East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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