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'The Middle Eastern question or some political problems of Indian defence' [43v] (91/616)
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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56
THE POWER OF THE PURSE
inspired and controlled by the Russian Minister of
Finance, and it is directed towards building up the
commercial supremacy quite as much as the political
supremacy of Russia in Northern Persia. It is, in fact,
merely part of the comprehensive system of policy to
which M. Witte devoted his great abilities and untiring
energy throughout his tenure of office. The impetus
which he had given to the development of Russian
industry by intensified methods of protection made
it absolutely necessary for him to find new markets
for the products of Russian industry. The severe
crisis through which Russia was passing as a con
sequence of overproduction under artificial conditions
only served to stimulate his activity. In Persia he
discovered a market in which the advantage of geo
graphical proximity goes far to counterbalance the
disadvantage at which such a hothouse growth as
Russian industry is apt to find itself placed when in
competition with the industry of other countries, and
especially with British industry. If to geographical
proximity he could superadd other advantages, he might
well hope to turn the scales so completely in favour of
Russian industry as to drive its competitors altogether
out of the field. That its chief competitor happens here
to be British industry, and that commercial rivalry
therefore runs on the same lines as political rivalry, is
merely an incident which no doubt adds zest to the
game.
What is the position, and what are the trump cards
which Russia appears to hold? The chief routes by
which British trade reaches Teheran are, by the Persian
Gulf, the Bushire-Shiraz-Isfahan route, the Baghdad-
Kermanshah route, and the new routed Muhammerah,
the Karun river, and the Ahwaz-Isfahan road ; and by
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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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- Public Domain