1909 Mosul representatives to new Ottoman Assembly left for Istanbul Was part of Young Turks’
reforms
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1909 Mosul representatives to new Ottoman Assembly left for Istanbul Was part of Young Turks’
reforms
1914 UK convoy with 16th Indian Bgd on way to Egypt told it was being sent to Persian Gulf to
secure Persian oil fields and occupy Basra
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1905 British Amb to Turkey O’Connor sent memo written by Sir Sykes to Foreign Office
detailing oil deposits in Mosul vilayet
1920 UK military took Kifl railway station Major transportation hub in mid-Euphrates during
1920 Revolt
1909 Mosul representatives to new Ottoman Assembly left for Istanbul Was part of Young Turks’ reforms