 Ramba uchitsvaka ndima iyi - Muna 1918, muHondo Yenyika I, apo Britain yaigara muMesopotamia Iraq yemazuva ano, Curzon akaedza kugombedzera hurumende yeIndia kuti ifungezve zano rake rePersia Iran kuti ive buffer pakurwisa kweRussia. Mauto eBritain neIndia akanga ari muPersia achidzivirira minda yemafuta paAbadan uye achitarisa muganhu weAfghanistan Curzon aidavira kuti rubatsiro rwezvemari uye rwemauto rweBritain, rwunotumirwa kuburikidza neIndia, rwaigona kutsigira hurumende yePersia ndokuita kuti ive nyika yeBritish. Zvisinei, chibvumirano chaAugust 1919 hachina kutongobvumidzwa uye hurumende yeBritain yakaramba chirongwa chacho sezvo Russia yakanga ine nzvimbo yakakwirira uye zvikomborero zvekuzvidzivirira hazvina kururamisa mari yakakwirira yezvehupfumi. 