Chapter 1330 Selecting 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 bloody 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.

The hegemony of a country 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. 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, during the rise of East Africa, there was no morality in itself.

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 whitewash 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, and you British are also bad and evil. The evil deeds of the United Kingdom over the past few hundred years are too numerous to be recorded. All.

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

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

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

Faced with this question from Sèvrere, Jassim replied: "Our Sani family also has many friends all over the Ottoman Empire and Oman. If it 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 most powerful countries in the Middle East, especially along the Persian Gulf, are the Ottoman Empire, Persia and Oman. The Qataris are definitely not the same chamber pot as Persia. 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 the political environment in Oman is relatively stable. At least you don't need to worry about being involved in a war when you arrive in Oman. 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 some kind words to us. I swear in the name of Allah that as long as we can leave safely, we will definitely cooperate with your country to complete the mission." Give all of Qatar’s land to your country in its entirety.”

Hearing Sèvreur's last words, Jassim's heart was about to be scared out of his chest. He just wanted to save his whole family's life now, but he didn't want to be dragged to the Persian Gulf to feed fish by the East Africans.

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, that is, 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 the email, Ernst sighed: "This Jasim is indeed a talent. Since he is so tactful, we can let him off, but not around the Persian Gulf. Let's send them to Batavia!"

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

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

Why Batavia has no such concerns? First, Batavia is far enough away. If the distance is far, it can solve many problems. Second, Batavia is also dominated by Arabism. The Sani family or all Qataris will only be assimilated in the future if they go to Batavia.

Assimilated Qataris naturally have no reason to return to Qatar. After all, by that time, Qatar has long become the dust of history.

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Finally, throwing Qatar to Batavia can be regarded as compensation for them. Yes, it is compensation. Although the tropical rainforest climate area where Batavia is located is called "green desert", it is definitely better than the real desert.

Apart from other things, the abundant water resources there are enough to make the Qataris feel the pleasure of a mouse falling into a rice jar.

If you look at it from a God's perspective, the Qataris must have lost a lot 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 been developed yet, and the Qataris do not know how precious the "black gold" buried underground where they live is.

In the previous life, it was the British who first discovered and developed Qatar's oil resources, which opened the road to Qatar's wealth. Now this road has been interrupted by East Africa.

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

At the end of 1918.

In Doha, the capital of Qatar in the previous life, more than 13,400 people from various Qatari tribes gathered by East Africa from all over Qatar boarded the ship to Batavia in batches.

At this time, East Africa finally understood the number of Qataris. After all, Qatar did not have population statistics, and even did not have a unified regime, which made East Africa overestimate the population of Qatar.