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'The Middle Eastern question or some political problems of Indian defence' [123r] (250/616)
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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CHAPTER XVII
THE GERMAN RAILWAY INVASION OF ASIATIC
TURKEY
ERMANY cannot yet be said to have acquired
any positive status in the Middle East. In
Persia she has, like other Powers, diplomatic and con
sular representatives, and in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
her con
suls have been displaying of late years a good deal of
somewhat ostentatious activity. Her commercial rela
tions with Persia are unimportant, and so far she has
had few opportunities of cultivating political relations
with the Shah's Government. It may, however, be
well to note that in the Treaty of Commerce concluded
between Persia and Germany in 1873, which is still in
force, it is stated, under Article 19, that 14 in the event
of Persia being involved in differences with another
power, the German Imperial Government declares
itself ready to employ its good offices, at the invita
tion of the Shah's Government, with a view to promot
ing a settlement of such differences." The German
Government, we may be sure, reckons among its
political assets a provision which opens up such
possibilities of honest brokerage." It is not, how
ever, through Persia, for the present, but through
Turkey that Germany is seeking to project her influence
into the Middle East. Like all her other schemes of
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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