File 4327/1911 Pt 2 'Turco-Italian War: Turkish propaganda'

Content

Part 2 consists of correspondence relating to alleged Turkish activities in Afghanistan and the wider Central Asia region. The discussion is centred around reports, conveyed to them by the Russian Ambassador in London, of the following:

• Turkish officers training Afghan troops;
• the Turks seeking a treaty of alliance with the Amir of Afghanistan;
• Turkish propaganda in Central Asia on behalf of the Pan-Islamic (or Neo-Islamic) League.

The papers also contain reports of negative public opinion of the British due to the refusal to allow Turkish troops to pass through Egypt.

The correspondence is between the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , Foreign Office, Government of India (Foreign Department), British Agent at Kabul (Malik Talib Mehdi Khan), and the British Ambassador at Constantinople (Gerard Augustus Lowther).

Extent and format

1 item (15 folios)

It is part of

File 4327/1911 Pt 1-4 Turco-Italian war

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/196

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

The subject 4327 (Turco-Italian War) consists of one volume divided into four parts.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/196/2

Former external reference(s)

P 4327/1911 Pt 2

History of this record

Date(s)

Oct 1911-Jan 1912 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Propaganda

Places

AfghanistanCentral Asia

People & organisations

Government of India, Foreign and Political DepartmentHM Ambassador to the Ottoman EmpireBritish Agent, Kabul

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