Lord Curzon

Anglo-Persian Agreement provokes opposition and remains unratified

📅 9 Augustus 1919

The agreement proposed British advisers for Iran’s military and finances and a British-arranged loan. Opponents feared it would turn British influence into control over state policy. It faced public...

Treaty of Lausanne replaces Sèvres and sets new regional borders

📅 24 Juli 1923

Lausanne recognized the sovereignty of the new Turkish state and replaced the failed Sèvres treaty. It confirmed borders and addressed population exchange, while leaving Kurdish aspirations and...

Lausanne Treaty replaces the rejected Treaty of Sèvres

📅 24 Juli 1923

The Lausanne Treaty recognized the borders of the new Turkish state and replaced the unimplemented Treaty of Sèvres. It ended the legal state of war between Turkey and the Allied powers, but did not...