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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [169v] (343/566)
The record is made up of 1 volume (279 folios). It was created in 1929. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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294
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
East Persia; Appendix IV. The necessary administrative units included
Feb ’~io P i8 1 a Ford van section an(i some motor ambulances; and the
191 ‘ sappers, with some of the troops, were employed in improving
the road.
On the 1st February the Government of India telegraphed to
London recommending that the proposed mission to Russian
Turkestan should be based on two centres, i.e., Meshed and
Kashgar, from which emissaries could be sent out as opportunity
offered. The centre at Meshed would be concerned with the
country west of the Oxus and the Bokhara plain, while Kashgar
would deal with Ferghana and Samarkand, where for the
moment the autonomous movement seemed to be strongest.
This movement, which aimed at eliminating the Russian
element and making Russian Turkestan autonomous, was being
resisted by the Bolsheviks, who desired to retain Turkestan
within the Russian federation. The consequent armed struggle
was being carried out with varying fortune amid the chaos
resulting from the collapse of the Russian central Government,
while, to complicate matters further, enemy agents were said
to be active all through the country, their capacity for danger
being greatly enhanced by the presence of over 30,000 Austro-
Hungarian and German prisoners of war, who were scattered
all over the area in complete freedom and trying to earn a living
as best they could.
As the objective of a British mission seemed very vague and
its chances of success very problematical, the Government of
India telegraphed to London on the 12th February advocating
caution and further consideration before its despatch was
finally decided upon. They also wished first to receive a reply
from the Amir of Afghanistan, whom they had addressed on the
subject. At the beginning of March H.M. Government expressed
their concurrence in this view.
The news received in India by the middle of March
indicated that, after severe fighting, both with Cossack forces
and with the Moslem elements striving for independence, the
Bolsheviks had gained the supremacy in Turkestan and were
maintaining their position by a reign of ruthless terrorism. The
activity of enemy agents seemed to have died down, while the
chaotic conditions appeared to have paralysed all pan-Turkish
or similar political ideas. On the 21st March, after consulting
the British consuls at Meshed and Kashgar, the Government
of India informed the
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
that the Amir of Afghanistan
had not yet replied, but that they proposed to send selected
officers to these two places to acquaint themselves with lo ca
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A confidential publication compiled, by arrangement with the Government of India, under the direction of the Historical Section of The Committee of Imperial Defence, by Brigadier-General FJ Moberly. The volume is part of the Official History of the Great War series produced by the British Government.
The volume begins with a preface by Moberly and is then divided into 11 (I-XI) chapters, plus appendices, as follows:
- Chapter I: Introductory
- Chapter II: August 1914 to June 1915, Enemy efforts to bring Persia into the War
- Chapter III: July to November 1915, Enemy action and Persian weakness necessitate Allied intervention
- Chapter IV: December 1915 to May 1916, Successful results of Allied operations
- Chapter V: May to December 1916, Turkish invasion of Western Persia and British measures in South and East Persia
- Chapter VI: December 1916 to August 1917, Effects of British success in Mesopotamia
- Chapter VII: September 1917 to April 1918, The failure of Persia to maintain her neutrality necessitates further British intervention
- Chapter VIII: May to July 1918, The effect in Persia of the German successes in France; and the anti-British outbreak in Fars
- Chapter IX: July to September 1918, The tide turns in favour of the Allies
- Chapter X: October to 11th November 1918, The effect of our victories
- Chapter XI: Conclusion
The volume contains fourteen maps, some of which are in a pocket in the inside back cover, as follows:
- 1. Operations at Bushire 1915 (folio 275)
- 2. Portion of Perso-Afghan frontier (folio 276)
- 3. Operations at Dilbar, 13th-15th August 1915 (folio 66)
- 4. Operations of General Dyer in Sarhad, April-August 1916 (folio 277)
- 5. Wanderings of German parties in Persia and Afghanistan (folio 278)
- 6. Affair of Dasht-i-Arjan, 25th September 1916 (folio 128)
- 7. Affair of Kafta, 5th July 1917 (folio 144)
- 8. Northern Fars (folio 177)
- 9. Action of Deh Shaikh, 25th May 1918 (folio 182)
- 10. Shiraz (folio 194)
- 11. Operations from Bushire, September 1918-January 1919 (folio 279)
- 12. Plan of East Persia L. of C. (folio 231)
- 13. Operations for relief of Firuzabad, October 1918 (folio 236)
- 14. Persia (folio 280)
The volume also includes a bibliography (folio 14).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (279 folios)
- Arrangement
At the front of the volume there is a contents page (ff 6-14), list of maps (f 14), and list of illustrations (f 14). At the back of the volume is a general index (ff 269-73). All refer to the volume's original pagination.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 281; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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