Context: The term "Near and Middle East," held the stage for a few years before World War I. It proved to be less acceptable to a colonial point of view that saw the entire region as one. In 1916 Captain T.C. Fowle, 40th Pathans (troops of British India), wrote of a trip he had taken from Karachi to Syria just before the war. The book does not contain a single instance of "Near East." Instead, the entire region is considered "the Middle East." The formerly Near Eastern sections of his trip are now "Turkish" and not Ottoman.

Question: When did the term "Near and Middle East" hold stage?
Answer: a few years before World War I

Question: What proved to be less acceptable to a colonial point of view?
Answer: The term "Near and Middle East,"

Question: When did Captain T.C. Fowle write of a trip he had taken from Karachi to Syria?
Answer: 1916

Question: Who were the 40th Pathans?
Answer: (troops of British India

Question: In the book Fowle wrote, what is the entire region considered?
Answer: "the Middle East.