'Memorandum on Intellectual and Political Forces in the Ottoman Empire'
IOR/L/PS/18/B267
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The record is made up of 1 file (13 folios). It was created in Jan 1917. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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This memorandum was prepared by the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department in January 1917 and aimed to give 'an inner view of the intellectual and political forces which are predominant in the Ottoman Empire.' It consists of four main sections:
- A. 'German influence in Turkey' (ff 2-3).
- B. 'German agents and their misdeeds' (ff 4-5).
- C. 'The cruelties of Jemal Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ' (ff 5v-6); 'Turkish intrigues among Indian Muhammadans (f 7); notes on freemasonry in Turkey under the new regime (ff 8-10).
- D. The treatment of the opposition (ff 11-13).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (13 folios)
- Arrangement
The memorandum is organised into four main sections.
- 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 material also has an original printed pagination sequence.
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- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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- 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.
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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/18/B267
- Date(s)
- Jan 1917 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Government of the Ottoman Empire
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- IOR/L/PS/18/B267
- Title
- 'Memorandum on Intellectual and Political Forces in the Ottoman Empire'
- Pages
- 1r:13v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence