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'The Middle Eastern question or some political problems of Indian defence' [13v] (31/616)
The record is made up of 1 volume (306 folios ). It was created in 1903. It was written in English and French. 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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i THE MIDDLE EASTERN QUESTION DEFINED
beyond ; and the foreign policy of India had little to
do with any other foreign nation. It is true that we
had territories or outposts of influence that brought
us into contact with Persia and Turkey, and that we
had occasional dealings with Arabian tribes. Now all
that is changed, and events are passing which are
gradually drawing this country, once so isolated
and remote, into the vortex of the world's politics,
and that will materially affect its future. The change
has been due to two reasons. Firstly, as our own
dominion has expanded, and our influence upon our
frontier consolidated, we have been brought into more
direct and frequent relations with the countries lying
immediately beyond. For instance, the annexation of
Upper Burma brought us into contact with an im
portant corner of the Chinese Empire, and created a
batch of frontier and other political problems of its
own. But the second reason is much more important.
Europe has woke up, and is beginning to take a revived
interest in Asia. Russia with her vast territories, her
great ambitions, and her unarrested advance, has been
the pioneer in this movement, and with her, or after her,
have come her competitors, rivals, and allies. Thus,
as all these foreigners arrive upon the scene and push
forward into the vacant spots, we are slowly having a
European situation recreated in Asia, with the same
figures upon the stage. The great European Powers
are also becoming the great Asiatic Powers. Already
we have Great Britain, Russia, France, Germany, and
Turkey; and then, in place of all the smaller European
kingdoms and principalities, we have the empires and
states of the East—Japan, China, Tibet, Siam, Afghan
istan, Persia, only a few of them strong and robust,
the majority containing the seeds of inevitable decay.
There lie in these events and in this renewed contact
or collision, as the case may be, between the East and
the West, omens of the greatest significance to this
country. Europe is so accurately parcelled out between
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The volume, written by Valentine Chirol and printed in London by John Murray in 1903, is based on a series of letters written by Chirol during a journey through Persia and the Persian Guf, that appeared in The Times in 1902 and 1903.
The main topics are: the concept of 'Middle East'; the Baghdad Railway; the British role in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Russian influence over Persia; the border of Afghanistan; the North-East Frontier of India, and Tibet. An appendix at the back of the volume contains copies of international treaties, and documents in French on the Baghdad Railway.
The volume contains numerous illustrations and three maps:
- 'Sketch Map of the Borderlands of India';
- 'Sketch Map of Asia showing railway expansion';
- 'Sketch map of Persia and adjoining countries'.
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- 1 volume (306 folios )
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The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- IOR/L/PS/20/G43
- Title
- 'The Middle Eastern question or some political problems of Indian defence'
- Pages
- 2r:305v
- Author
- Chirol, Sir (Mary) Ignatius Valentine
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