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'The Middle Eastern question or some political problems of Indian defence' [43r] (90/616)
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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PERSIA'S INDEBTEDNESS
at Kursk, of the close ties which bind Persia to Russia,
and which he hoped would bind the two countries still
more intimately in the future. The promise, if it was
given, does not however appear to have been yet ful
filled, or, at least, only very partially. The Persians, at
any rate, only admit a total indebtedness to Russia of
20,000,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
, or .£4,000,000, which is the amount
represented by the two above-mentioned loans. Even
so, the significance of the financial dependence in
which Persia has placed herself towards Russia in the
course of such a very few years can hardly be over
rated. It cannot be fully appreciated until we have
taken a survey of the economic and financial position
of Persia as a whole ; but when a weak Oriental state,
whose annual revenue only amounts to about one
and a half million sterling, borrows from a powerful
European neighbour, and spends within the short space
of three years, sums which almost equal the whole of
its revenues during the same period, and has absolutely
nothing to show in the way of remunerative expenditure
for the debt which it is piling up, the ultimate result must
spell ruin.
It is often assumed in England that the financial
policy by which Russia has reduced Persia to this state
of dependence upon the Russian Treasury is directed
solely towards building up her political ascendency.
If that were so, those who contend that her political
ascendency is not detrimental to British interests would
be justified in regarding it with indifference. But this
assumption ignores another equally important aspect of
the situation. The financial policy of the Russian
Government in Persia certainly promotes the ends
which the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs may be
specially supposed to have in view, but it is immediately
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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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