by hadassah | Sep 11, 2017 | India Muslims and Oil
1888 India, Muslims, and Oil THE CONSTANTINOPLE CONVENTION OF 1888-FREEDOM OF PASSAGE THROUGH SUEZ CANAL Article I declares: “The Suez Maritime Canal shall always be free and open, in time of war as in time of peace, to every vessel of commerce or of war,...
by hadassah | Sep 10, 2017 | India Muslims and Oil
1892 India, Muslims, and Oil Marquess George Nathaniel Curzon of Great Britain “Without India the British Empire could not exist. The possession of India is the inalienable badge of sovereignty in the eastern hemisphere.” Source: Curzon, George N. Persia and the...
by hadassah | Sep 10, 2017 | India Muslims and Oil
1898 India, Muslims, and Oil and India Captain W. Lebedeff Grenadier of the of Russia “We must indeed come into contact with India… We shall compel Great Britain to place a proper value on our friendship and to relinquish her aggressive policy in regard to Russia....
by hadassah | Sep 10, 2017 | India Muslims and Oil
October 21, 1898 India, Muslims, and Oil Germany and India One more recollection. Most of the time the Kaiser looked me full in the face. Only when I spoke of the new overland route to Asia-Mediterranean, Persian Gulf- did he stare into space as though lost in...
by hadassah | Sep 10, 2017 | India Muslims and Oil
November 27, 1899 India, Muslims, and Oil Berlin to Baghdad Rail Road On November 27, 1899, the Germans were given a definite concession to extend the railway (From Berlin) to Baghdad. Included in the concession were guarantees of a certain revenue per kilometer of...
by hadassah | Sep 10, 2017 | India Muslims and Oil
October 1901 India, Muslims, and Oil “Now I shall go far and far into the North, playing the Great Game…” Rudyard Kipling, Kim
