‘Germany, Turkey, England and Arabia. [extracts from ‘The Fight for Arabia between Turkey and England’ by Dr Franz Stuhlmann]’

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Confidential memorandum containing a list of chapters and translated extracts from the book Der Kampf um Arabien zwischen der Türkei und England [The Fight for Arabia between Turkey and England] by Dr Franz Stuhlmann of the Hamburgischen Kolonialinstitut [Hamburg Colonial Institute], and published by George Westermann in Hamburg, 1916. The extracts, which begin on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of folio 1, are preceded by a note, written by Arthur Hirtzel, Secretary to the Political Department of 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. , and dated 31 October 1916, which draws attention to the academic credentials of Stuhlmann’s book.

The extracts from Stuhlmann’s book cover topics including: the province of Hejaz and the Hejaz railway; the Trans-Arabian railway; the University of Medina; Turkish reforms; Yemen and Asīr, including the railway from Hodeida [Al-Ḥudaydah] to Sanaa [Ṣanʻā']; English interests in southern Arabia; Muscat and Oman; Bahrein [Bahrain] and the Turkish province of El-Hasa [Al-Hasa]; the Wahabis [Wahhābīs] and their successors in Nejd [Najd]; Koweit [Kuwait]; oil deposits in Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]; navigation of the Tigris and Euphrates; Mesopotamia during the War; and extracts from Stuhlmann’s conclusion, which comments on the strategic importance to England of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the importance to Turkey and Germany of the Shatt al-Arab.

An appendix to the memorandum, entitled ‘The importance to Germany of an open Persian Gulf’ is a review of an article that appeared in the journal Europäische Staats und Wirtschafts Zeitung , 18 August 1916, entitled ‘Der persische Golf und die Verkehrspolitik der Mittelmächte’ [The Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the Commercial Policy of the Central Powers], written by Professor Gerhard Schott of the Deutsche Seewarte [German Hydrographic Office].

Extent and format

1 file (6 folios)

Arrangement

The memorandum, which chiefly comprises extracts from a book, is arranged by the book’s chapters, with the pages covering each chapter indicated, and the page numbers for each extract also indicated.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Pagination: The booklet contains an original typed pagination sequence.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

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/18/B241

Former external reference(s)

B 241

History of this record

Date(s)

31 Oct 1916 (CE, Gregorian)

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Select Bibliography

Stuhlmann, Franz. Der Kampf um Arabien zwischen der Türkei und England (Hamburg: George Westermann, 1916)

Subjects

First World War (1914-1918)

People & organisations

India Office, Secretary to the Political and Secret DepartmentHejaz RailwayFranz Ludwig Stuhlmann

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