African Entrepreneurship Records

Chapter 1330 Choosing a location

To say that East Africa is a notorious existence along the entire Indian Ocean coast, on the one hand, the colonial activities in East Africa are indeed more **** than traditional colonial countries such as Britain and France. On the other hand, with the big trumpet of Britain, East Africa is really a white lotus, and it is not It may gain some good reputation, but fortunately, East Africa is indeed not a real white lotus.

A country's hegemony is composed of military, economic, public opinion and other comprehensive factors. Just like in the Middle East in the previous life, Western countries committed murder and arson, stole oil, provoked conflicts, sold arms, and subverted the legitimate government. That was In order to spread "democracy", protect "human rights" and combat "extremism" and "terrorists".

If a country is not under the Western order, even if it does business fairly with a Middle Eastern country, Western countries will try their best to discredit it, saying, "Everyone in that country is bad, and this is economic colonization."

Of course, the Middle East is also helpless. No matter how hegemonism is promoted, they will really follow the baton of hegemonism.

East Africa is obviously not a country that is easily "kidnapped by morality." After all, East Africa itself has no morality in the process of its rise.

East Africa will naturally not sit back and wait for its competitors to "slander" and expose its shortcomings by learning from foreigners and gaining skills to control them. In recent years, East Africa has also controlled and built up its own rhetoric in the Middle East to help its own country clear its name and shift blame.

The essence of the public opinion war is not to explain and prove oneself, but to drag the opponent into the water. Of course, East Africa is heinous, you British are also bad and pus, and the evil deeds of the United Kingdom itself in the past hundreds of years are too numerous to write down. All.

However, East Africa’s public opinion system in the Indian Ocean region is obviously difficult to shake Britain’s first-mover advantage.

Although Sèvreux was an executioner trained by the East African government, Jassim was so aware of current affairs that Sèvrere had a good impression of him.

"Mr. Jassim, I wonder if you have chosen where to go if you leave voluntarily?" Sevrel asked.

Faced with this question from Sèvrere, Jassim replied: "Our Sani family also has many friends all over the Ottoman Empire and Oman. If that doesn't work, we can also defect to the Hashemite family or the Saudi family."

Jassim naturally had his reasons for putting the Ottoman Empire and Oman at the front of his options.

This is determined by Qatar's culture, location and economy.

As an Arab country, Qatar itself is also a link in Arab trade. The Ottoman Empire was the former overlord of the Middle East, and Qatar was once part of the rule of the Ottoman Empire. Therefore, it is understandable that Jassim would make the Ottoman Empire his first choice.

As for Oman, the three major powers in the Middle East, especially along the Persian Gulf, are the Ottoman Empire, Persia and Oman. The Qataris and Persia are definitely not the same chamber pot. After all, the religious sects of the two are too different.

In addition, it is also a good option for the Hashim family to establish the Kingdom of Hejaz. However, the Kingdom of Hejaz is too close to East Africa and its strength is also very poor, so it was placed in third place by Jassim.

The last Saudi family, if forced, is also Jassim's last choice, because apart from these four countries, only Bahrain is left on the Arabian Peninsula. This small country has the worst relationship with Qatar, but Bahrain itself has a close relationship with Qatar. Qatar has poor relations and its small area may not be able to accommodate the Sani family.

After listening to Jassim's ideas, Sevrel patted the Arab sheikh on the shoulder and said: "Your idea is very good, but in my opinion, it is best for you and your tribe to choose Oman."

"Oman is a friendly country to the Empire and has no conflict of interest with us. As for the other places you mentioned, the Ottomans are currently at war with the British. I think when you think of the Ottomans, they may not have the time or leisure to take care of them."

"As for Hijaz and internal governance, these two countries are hostile to each other and are unstable, so Oman is the best place for you."

"We in East Africa have a good relationship with Oman and can be the middleman. This is the first point. The second point is that Oman's political environment is relatively stable. When you arrive in Oman, at least you don't need to worry about being involved in a war. The last point is the environment in Oman. Even better, we still have the ability to contain you."

"Of course, in the end I will just submit your thoughts to the top. The final decision on whether your tribe will stay or not will also depend on the government's thoughts."

Jassim hurriedly said: "We don't pick the place, we just have to follow the general's wishes. We also hope that the general can say more good things to us. I swear in the name of God that as long as we can leave safely, we will definitely cooperate with your country to complete the mission." I will hand over all the land of Qatar to your country." Hearing Sefrel's last words, Jassim's heart was almost frightened. He just wanted to save his family's life now, but he didn't want to be killed by the East Africans. Take him to the Persian Gulf to feed the fish.

At that time, the tragedy that happened in the Beibu Gulf territory was still before his eyes, so the Qatari sheikh knew very well that the Sani family had no bargaining power.

Seffler said to Jassim: "Leave this matter to me. No matter what the final result is, I only promise to do my best to help you complete this matter. In other words, you are a person I like..."

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Three days later, Sèvreur kicked the ball to the locals, but they did have some kind words for the Sani family, especially their patriarch Jassim, in the email.

After reading this email, Ernst said with emotion: "This Jassim is indeed a talent. Since he is so knowledgeable, we can allow them to be accommodating, but it is definitely not possible around the Persian Gulf, so they will be sent to Bada." Via!”

Batavia is obviously not a territory in East Africa, but the political center of the Dutch East Indies colony, the former capital of Indonesia in its former life, Jakarta.

Ernst is not willing to place the Qataris around the Persian Gulf. After all, this may cause territorial disputes in the future, and it is also a hidden danger if the descendants of the Qataris claim it.

And why does Batavia have no such concerns? The first is that Batavia is far enough. If it is far away, it can solve a lot of troubles. The second is that Batavia is also dominated by Arabic religion. The Sani family or all the Qataris will only be assimilated in the future if they go to Batavia.

As for the assimilated Qataris, they naturally found no reason to return to Qatar. After all, by that time, Qatar had already become the dust of history.

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Finally, throwing Qatar into Batavia can be considered compensation for them. Yes, it is compensation. Although the tropical rainforest climate area where Batavia is located is called a "green desert", it is definitely better than a real desert. Much stronger.

Not to mention anything else, the abundant water there alone is enough to give Qataris the pleasure of a mouse falling into a rice vat.

From a God's perspective, the Qataris must have suffered a huge loss by leaving Qatar. After all, Qatar's oil resources have nothing to do with them.

However, in this era, Qatar's oil resources have not yet been developed, and Qataris do not know how precious the "black gold" buried beneath their residences is.

In the previous life, it was the British who were the first to discover and develop Qatar's oil resources, which opened the way for Qatar to become a rich country. Now this road is interrupted by East Africa.

Now that Ernst has made the decision, others naturally have no objections. The Qataris, with a population of only about 20,000, do not need East Africa to make much effort. After all, larger-scale immigration to East Africa has also been organized.

Late 1918.

In Doha, the capital of Qatar in its previous life, more than 13,400 people from various Qatari tribes who had been gathered from all over Qatar in East Africa boarded ships bound for Batavia in batches.

At this time, East Africa truly understood the number of Qataris. After all, Qatar has no demographics or even a unified political power. This allowed East Africa to overestimate the population of Qatar.

(End of chapter)