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‘Germany, Turkey, England and Arabia. [extracts from ‘The Fight for Arabia between Turkey and England’ by Dr Franz Stuhlmann]’ [1r] (1/12)
The record is made up of 1 file (6 folios). It was created in 31 Oct 1916. 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 Document is the property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.
CONFIDENTIAL.
GERMANY, TURKEY, ENGLAND AND ARABIA.
The following extracts from, and account of. Dr. Franz Stuhlmann'a
recently published work " The Fight for Arabia between Turkey and
England " are submitted not only because of their intrinsic interest, but
also as showing the kind of attention which really thoughtful people are
devoting to the Middle Eastern question in Germany. It is the first
volume of a series of "Hamburg Investigations," edited by Professor
Dr. Karl Rathgen (Director of the Seminary for National Economy and
Colonial Policy in Hamburg), and Dr. Franz Stuhlmann (Kais. Geheimer
Ilegierungsrat, General Secretary of the Central Office of the Hamburg
Colonial Institute). The nature of the problems which these writers set
out to investigate is indicated in the extract from their preface, and their
purpose may be described as the mobilisation of the stores of knowledge
already existing in Hamburg and the Hanse towns for the assistance of
experts and the formation of public opinion.
This volume (which is to be followed by one on Persia) consists of
277 octavo pages of text, 72 of appendices, and maps. P)esides the 69 works
enumerated in the bibliography (including English writers like Aitchison,
Andrews, Chesney, Curzon, Forster, Hertslet, Rawson, Willcocks, Zwemer),
many others are quoted ; the newspapers of the last few years have been
thoroughly ransacked, and references are given for all important statements
of fact. The result is an extremely well-informed book. Each chapter
begins with a historical survey, from the earliest times, of the region with
which it deals, the latest date quoted being 10th April P.)16. The
newspaper reports—for the accuracy of which Dr. Stuhlmann disclaims
responsibility in the preface—are, of coarse, often grossly inaccurate (as
in the statement that the Sheikh of Mohammerah has been assassinated
(pp. 237, 243, and in the account of rhe lighting in the Aden hinterland,
pp. Ill, 139-140). But it is a thoroughly scientific work, and the
conclusions which the author reaches are the more impressive because of
his careful statement of the historical premisses. The passages quoted
below have thus lost much of their force by the process of extraction.
A. H.
31st October 1910.
S 329
A
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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].
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- 1 file (6 folios)
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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.
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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.
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