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File 3579/1916 'Turkey: the future of Constantinople' [‎131r] (270/530)

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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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mothers all over India taujht their children
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2. She thou^rit that the publication of the agreement in
lad 1 eard India was a very serious thing and would need the most
it and he said
f course
ery uor careful and delicate handling by Government. It cannot be
n, ,s that to
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doubted that there will be c. wave of indignation through the
Muhammadans, and if evil results are to be avoided, the
Viceroy and the Government will have tc exercise the
greatest Cc„re and diplomacy. Lord xhrdinge, she thou Jit,
had created most grateful feeling among the rtiliurjrnadcns
by his support of the Turkish lied Crescent during the
Balkan war. The Indians knew tint he 1 —d been at
Constantinople, and ;as a firm friend of Turkey, <y.n& they
looked on idiii c^s one ox ti-ie sanev of ^mibfossodors v.ncs. greet
LnJLislm en ho had helped Turkey and. Islam, in evil chys.
At first she was in favour of uoveminent issuing
long coniTuniyue e^pdaining the action of Britain from the
beginning of the war re Turkey. Afterwards ’hen I told her
that Government had thoujfo of tits', end for very weijity
reasons was averse to it, she said Well, i believe
Government is riJit. Many people already in a sore frame
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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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