'Mosul Question, Lausanne 1922-1923 and after - Papers, despatches, speeches - Hotel de la Mer at Lausanne - Correspondence about oil'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Mosul Question, Lausanne 1922-1923 and after - Papers, despatches, speeches - Hotel de la Mer at Lausanne - Correspondence about oil'
- Date:
- 1922/1923
- Description:
- Abstract: 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 [Mustafa İsmet İnönü]. The contents of the file are as follows:Sir John Evelyn Shuckburgh to Curzon (15 November 1922). Letter enclosing paper setting out main arguments against evacuating IraqEric Graham Forbes Adam for Curzon (3 December 1922). Interview with Mukhtar Bey [Mukhtār Beg]; submission of draft telegrams to Foreign OfficeSir William Tyrrell to Foreign Office (Memo, 3 December 1922, circulated to the Cabinet); interview with Ismet Pasha, 28 November 1922Air Staff for Cabinet (5 December 1922). Note: on Sir John Salmond’s proposal for a Forward Policy in the event of Turkish invasion of Iraq or a Resumption of Hostilities with Turkey, 4 December 1922Curzon to Foreign Office (6 December 1922). Telegram, 5 December 1922Middle East Department (7 December 1922). Note: Mosul – on above telegramForeign Office to Curzon (8 December 1922). Telegram: MosulCurzon to Ismet Pasha (14 December 1922). Letter: enclosing Memo on Mosul Vilayet: reasons for refusing Turkish claimCurzon for Cabinet (26 December 1922). Curzon for Cabinet. Memo presented to Ismet Pasha on Mosul, 14 December 1922Curzon to Cabinet (27 December 1922). Letter: Ismet Pasha to Curzon enclosing reply to British memo, 23 December 1922Curzon for Cabinet (28 December 1922). Letter: Ismet Pasha enclosing counter reply, 26 December 1922Ismet Pasha (29 December 1922). Letter with annexed MemoCurzon for Cabinet (1 January 1923). Letter Ismet Pasha to CurzonSir Percy Cox to Colonial Office (30 December 1922)Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame to Sir Sydney Chapman (1 January 1923). Letter: possibility of settlement on basis of oil concessions to Turks and ItaliansEric Graham Forbes Adam for Curzon (4 January 1923). Memo: conversation with Reader William Bullard and three Turkish expertsSir E Crowe to Curzon (3 January 1923). Telegram: from Colonial Office: oilMr Lyndsay to Curzon (4 January 1923). Telegram: paraphrase of Colonial Office telegram to Bagdad [Baghdad], 2 JanuaryCurzon to Colonial Office (5 January 1923). Telegram: oilSir Ronald William Graham to Curzon (8 January 1923). Letter: (printed for Cabinet) to Curzon: Italian pressReader William Bullard to Curzon (9 January 1923). Note: MosulSir Auckland Geddes (12 January 1923) Telegram: American attitudeNotes by Curzon (16 January 1923). Handwritten: visit of Aga Petros to Ismet PashaShuckburgh to Forbes Adam (18 January 1923). Letter enclosing draft of telegram to CurzonForbes Adam for Curzon (18 January 1923). Note attaching statement of the history and position with regard to the Mandates in Syria and Iraq and the question of frontiersBritish Case for Northern Frontier of Iraq with Map (19 January 1923). Folder containing notes ‘mostly taken from the memoranda which you (i.e. Curzon) exchanged with Ismet Pasha’ – December 1922Forbes Adam for Curzon (20 January 1923). Note: Plebiscite and MosulForbes Adam for Curzon: ‘Note attaching detailed minute as to the oil in Iraq and the history and present position of the claim of the Turkish Petroleum Company’Mr Childs's Statement for the American representatives (23 January 1923)Daily Telegraphcutting on League of Nations and Mosul Problem (27 January 1923)Curzon for Cabinet (26 January 1923). Speech: reply to Ismet Pasha respecting Mosul, 23 January 1923Secretary of State for Colonies to Acting High Commissioner for Iraq (26 January 1923). Paraphrase: telegram: British proposal that question of Northern Frontier of Iraq should be referred to the League of NationsHigh Commissioner, Bagdad to Lord Crew (29 January 1923) Telegram: Enclosing telegram from Iraq Government to Lord Balfour for communication to League of NationsLord Crewe to Curzon (31 January 1923). Telegram: Iraq frontierTelegram to Ankara signed by Ismet Hassan [‘Iṣmat Ḥasan] and Rozor Nur [Riḍa Nūr]Oil engineering and finance (17 February 1923). Article: The Mesopotamian OilfieldsThe Graphic(17 February 1923). Article: The Mystic City of MosulColonel Francis Richard Maunsell for Cabinet (24 September 1923). Notes on the Mosul frontier questionSir James Edward Masterton-Smith to Foreign Office (3 November 1923). Printed for the information of Curzon, copy of a despatch from the High Commissioner for Iraq, on the subject of the delimitation of the Turco-Irak frontier.Following documents are undated:Lord Balfour to League of Nations. Speech: The frontier between Turkish territory and the territory of IraqThe President of the League of Nations. Reply: after Speech by BalfourTypewritten report: The question of MosulTypewritten report: The Question of MosulThe file also includes handwritten notes by Curzon on the Mosul vilayet and groups residing there.Physical description: 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 side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Military occupation
Oil - Geographic region:
- Iraq
Mosul - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001491.0x0002c2_ar
81055/vdc_100000001491.0x0002c2_en
Mss Eur F112/294
Mss Eur F112/294