Great powers, oil and the Kurds in Mosul : (Southern Kurdistan/Northern Iraq), 1910-1925 / Habibollah Atarodi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Atarodi, Habibollah.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kurds--Iraq--Politics and government--20th century.

Kurds.

Iraq.

Politics and government.

Kurds--Iraq--Mosul.

Iraq--Mosul.

Physical Description:

xix, 233 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MA : University Press of America, [2003]

Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive explanation of The Great Powers' deals regarding Mosul following the First World War. Britain's resolve to secure the oil in Mosul was the decisive factor in the frustration of the Kurds' struggle for national self-determination.

Contents:

I. Historical Context 1

Anglo-Turkish Relations after the 1908 Young Turks Revolution 4

Outbreak of War between Britain and the Ottoman Empire 8

Britain's Objectives in Attacking the Ottoman Empire 11

Wartime Secret Agreements 16

1. Anglo-Arab Agreements 17

2. Great Powers Agreements 22

II. The Role of Oil in British Occupation of Mosul 29

Turkish Petroleum Company (TPC) 36

Situation during the War 42

The Occupation of Mosul 52

III. Anglo-French Rivalry over Mosul 57

Oil Negotiations 70

The King-Crane Commission Report 75

Resumption of the Oil Negotiations 77

IV. Anglo-American Controversy over the Mosul Oil 85

American Concern for Oil 85

Start of the Controversy 87

Towards Reconciliation and Cooperation 107

Chester Concession and Difficulties at Lausanne 115

Acquiring a New Concession for the TPC 121

Gulbenkian Problem 125

V. Britain and Arab Nationalism in Iraq 131

Setting up a Local Administration (1917) 133

Imposition of the Mandate System and Start of the Arab Rebellion (June 1920) 135

The Cairo Conference and Its Decisions (March 1921) 138

VI. Britain and Kurdish Nationalism in Mosul 147

Setting up a Kurdish Administration at Sulaimaniya 149

Tension in Anglo-Kurdish Relations 153

The First Kurdish Uprising (May 1919) 157

Disunity among the British Officials 161

Kurdistan in the Treaty of Sevres (10 August 1920) 165

The Kurdish Issue in the Cairo Conference (March 1921) 168

The Second Kurdish Uprising (May 1922) 172

VII. Britain and Turkey's Claim over Mosul 179

The Mosul Issue in the Lausanne Peace Conference (November 1922-July 1923) 183

Action by the League of Nations 190

Creating an International Commission of Enquiry 191

Kurdish Uprising in Turkey (February 1925) 194

The Commission of Enquiry's Report 196

Seeking the Advisory Opinion of the Permanent Court of International Justice 198

The Laidoner Commission 199

The League of Nations' Decision (December 1925) 201

The Final Settlement (June 1926) 203.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761825363

OCLC:

53319121