THE GREEK EXPEDITION IN ASIA MINOR AND THE ROLE OF INDIAN MUSLIMS 1918-1922
Abstract
THE GREEK DEMANDS AT THE END OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR COINCIDED WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE MUSLIMS IN INDIA IN FAVOUR OF THE SOLIDARITY OF THE SULTAN'S EMPIRE KNOWN AS "KHILAFAT MOVEMENT". IN INDIA IT WAS CONSIDERED THAT GR. BRITAIN WAS THE PRIMARY SUPPORTER OF THE PLAN FOR THE DISMEMBERMENT OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE. THUS THE POSTWAR PROCEEDINGS FROM THE MUDROS ARMISTICE UP TO THE TREATY OF SERVES (10 AUGUST 1920) AROUSED SUSPICION AMONG THE INDIAN MUSLIMS AGAINST THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT AND LED THE FORMER TO OVERT HOSTILITY TOWARDS THE GREEK ATTEMTS FOR THE EMBODIMENT OF EASTERN THRACE AND OF IONIA IN GREECE. ON THE OTHER HAND THE INDIAN NATIONALISTS, INCLUDING GANDHI, SUPPORTED THE KHILAFAT MOVEMENT FOR POLITICAL REASONS. THE STRENGTH OF THE MOVEMENT CAUSED SERIOUS WORRIES TO THE BRITISH INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND PROVIDED A MOTIVE FOR THE CHANGE IN ITS ATTITUDE TOWARDS TURKEY. THE PRESSURE ON THE PART OF THE INDIAN MUSLIMS, WHICH STARTED THE DAY AFTER THE MUDROS ARMISTICE, CULMINAT ...
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