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Mss Eur F112/287
- Record Id:
- 040-002308668
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002307428
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x0002ba
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100170911841.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F112/287
- Title:
- Papers Relating to the League of Nations Mandates
- Scope & Content:
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File containing correspondence, memoranda and reports relating to the creation of the League of Nations mandates, by which the administration of former colonies of Germany and the Ottoman Empire [Turkey] was granted variously to the United Kingdom, France, Belgium and Japan.
Much of the file is focused on the mandates formed from former Ottoman possessions, and particularly on the rapidly changing political situation in Mesopotamia [Iraq], leading to the formation of the Kingdom of Iraq and the eventual abandonment of the British Mandate for Mesopotamia. Final drafts of the mandates for Mesopotamia and Palestine are on folios 236-242, and a draft of the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1922 is on folios 295-298.
Other topics covered in the file include:
- Initial discussions between the Allied powers about the formation of the mandates, particularly relating to differences between the three classes of mandate
- Arrangements for formalising and establishing individual mandates
- A request by Japan to insert clauses establishing free trade for the Allied powers within the mandates
- Attempts by the United States to be given the right to approve final drafts of the mandates, despite not having ratified the Treaty of Versailles or participated in the San Remo Conference.
Copies of the official declarations of each of the mandates formed from former German possessions in Africa and the Pacific are included on folios 3-34, and conventions for the same mandates are on folios 68-93.
There are ten folios of material in French, primarily correspondence relating to British and French mandates in West Africa.
The primary correspondents are: Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Winston Churchill, Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs; Arthur Balfour, Lord President of the Council; Herbert Fisher, President of the Board of Education; Sir Percy Cox, High Commissioner, Mesopotamia; Bainbridge Colby, United States Secretary of State; the Ambassadors of France, Japan and the United States to the United Kingdom; the Colonial Office; the India Office; the Foreign Office; and the War Office.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002307428
036-002308662
040-002308668 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F111-112 : Papers of the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India 1898-1905; Lord Privy Seal 1915-19; Foreign Secretary 1919-24
Mss Eur F111-112 Series 112 : Lord Curzon, Foreign Secretary 1919-24: the First Lausanne Peace Conference
Mss Eur F112/287 : Papers Relating to the League of Nations Mandates - Hierarchy:
- 032-002307428[0115]/036-002308662[0006]/040-002308668
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F111-112
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (323 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x0002ba
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1919
- End Date:
- 1922
- Date Range:
- 30 Jan 1919-15 Jan 1922
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 323; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional inconsistent foliation sequence is also present; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)