NMC278H1 Lecture 10: LEC 10
17 Apr 2017
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Treaty of lausanne signed o turkish sovereignty recognized over all areas of national pact except mosul remarkable turnaround o: one territory limited was the turksh straits under international until 1936 o o o. Reza kind like a country within a country. British afraid of muslim solidarity throughout the area (in india as well) Wanted to use sharif as a counterweight to the ottoman-islam. Sharif was the amir of mecca, most prestigious post in arab-islam. Sharif didn"t like the cup nor they him. 1915 husayn shairf sent a letter to the british high commissioner of egypt. Husayn wanted british recognition of an independant arab state (arab peninsula, syria, lebanon, palestine, iraq) in exchange for military support against ottomans. Mcmohan says not all the area can be theirs b/c of commitments to. They dispute each other, decide to postpone the matter, husayn did consent to britsh postwar occupation until admin established.
