Author
Omar, Youssef Hussein Youssef
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID
ISSN: 1996-9546
Record ID
cdi_almandumah_primary_386917
Library Location
EBSCOhost Academic Search Complete
Notes
Britain's interest in the Baghdad Railway stemmed from its interest in Iraq, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Arabian Gulf as a basis and necessity for protecting its colonies in India and the transportation routes to them. When relations between Britain and the Ottoman Empire worsened following the Berlin Conference of 1878, the Ottoman Empire gave the right to grant the railway concession there, especially the Baghdad Railway, to Germany. Britain, through its successive governments, did not oppose this German concession at first, as the real danger was For British interests in the East, it came from Russia, not from Germany, but the position quickly changed when Britain learned that the Baghdad railway line would be connected to the Arabian Gulf, which Britain considered a threat to its interests in Iraq, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Gulf, and thus India and the transportation routes to it. Therefore, Britain worked to thwart the extension of the Baghdad railway line, or at least resist its delivery to the Gulf. Where I succeeded.
Görüntüle
Jordan Journal for History and Archaeology, 2012, Vol.6 (4), p.174-203
