THE MIDDLE EASTERN
QUESTION OR SOME
POLITICAL PROBLEMS

OF INDIAN

DEFENCE

BY VALENTINE CHIROL

AUTHOR OF "THE FAR EASTERN QUESTION"

WITH MAPS, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND APPENDICES

LONDON

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET

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378 .C54

DEDICATED

BY PERMISSION

TO HIS EXCELLENCY

LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON

VICEROY OF INDIA

TO WHOSE STANDARD WORKS ON PERSIA

AND CENTRAL ASIA

THE AUTHOR WISHES UNRESERVEDLY

TO PLACE HIS INDEBTEDNESS

ON RECORD