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File 3579/1916 'Turkey: the future of Constantinople' [56r] (120/530)
The record is made up of 1 volume (259 folios). It was created in 5 Sep 1916-27 Mar 1919. 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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defeated the- Turk by moans of Ivluhammodans of India.
?hey
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lent valuable assistance;. but it was no moro. Iho bulk of
the fighting was dona by ncio-Muhammodan races. 'That is my
belief*
kk. MONTAGU: I base my argument upon the- magnificent
recruiting work; tho staple part of tho Indian army came from
the Punjab and was mainly Huh ammo dan • I quite agree that
there was trouble in the earlier stages of the war ’with certain
regiments because they were fighting tho lurks, which shows that
dcs '>ito tho fc.ot that they loyally assisted us in our war
against tho lurk, there was a terrific strain upoii their
loyalty. I view with horror tho argument that because continuous
strains havo boon put upon tho loyalty of the'Muhsmmedans which
thsy have nk-gnificent 1 y withstood, therefore you are not to
consider their views in the Settlement of this question. Ihe
argument that poo )lo have threatened rebellion and outbreak if
oeiuoain things were done which might out a strain uoon the
Muhammed^u loyalty, but than a hat proohecy has not bc-an fulfilled
is ala the moro roc son hy we should consider Muhammadan feeling.
It ic not really Constantinople that I am afraid of. It is the
idea thM; this country ha.s become a anti-Muhammedan State which
hac led ail through the Balkan wars which yen referred to, to
the r radual downing of Muhammedism and driving it Eastward -
the war of tho It li ns in Iripoli and the Balkan war t I
was in India at the time, or .'ust afterwards, and I rescembor
the tremendous grief with which certain speeches of Mr,
Asquith. Mr. Lloyd Goorge and Mr. winston Cburohi11 were
commented upon by the Indian news capers as shewing that this
country was ant i~Muhamme-dun. ,/hen you come to talk about the
Khali fate and Che eutremo unli. elinoss of the Suit nr of Turkey
remaining Khalif if he is turned out of Constantinople, I would say
with great respect that wo iuve solemnly declared that we are not
going to interfere in any way with tho free choice of Khalif, and
therefore I do not think that we ought,, even in privacy, to allow
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The volume contains papers regarding the future of Constantinople [Instanbul]. It includes: 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. minute papers; copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office and Sir George Buchanan, HM Ambassador at Petrograd [St Petersburg], and other British diplomats; draft telegrams from the Secretary of State for India addressed to the Viceroy of India; correspondence between 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 the Foreign Office; and other papers. Some of the correspondence is in French.
Issues discussed in the papers include: whether the Constantinople Agreement, concluded between the British, French and Russian governments in March 1915 (under the terms of which Constantinople and the Straits of the Dardanelles would be annexed to the Russian Empire), should be made public; the possible effect upon Muslims in India of the announcement of the agreement; and the question of the re-conversion of the St Sophia [Hagia Sophia] mosque in Constantinople into a Christian church.
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (259 folios)
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The subject 3579 (Turkey: the future of Constantinople) consists of one volume, IOR/L/PS/10/623.
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 259; 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 front and back covers, along with the two leading and two ending flyleaves have not been foliated.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/623
- Title
- File 3579/1916 'Turkey: the future of Constantinople'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:4v, 5v:9v, 10v:25v, 26v:30v, 32r:115r, 116v:137v, 139r:140v, 142r:147v, 150r:196v, 198r:222v, 226r:234r, 235r:257v, 259r:259v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence