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Dunsterville’s arrival in Baku on July 17 revealed a city on the brink of starvation, inhabited mainly by Armenians, Tartars, Russians, and tiny communities of Georgians and Greeks. British, French, and American presence was minimal but significant enough to influence the unfolding events.
The British faced a bizarre political landscape: five local "Dictators" emerged, each vying for authority, an absurd situation Dunsterville found ridiculing yet understandable amid revolutionary chaos. He proposed that they select one to lead—a plan ignored.