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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [16r] (36/566)
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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DESERT AND COAST LINE
3
The Dasht-i-Lut extends for about four hundred miles Dasht-i-Lut.
from north to south and for eighty to one hundred and fifty
miles from east to west. Though in one part there are large
salt marshes and almost everywhere some eight or nine inches
below the surface a substratum of hard rock salt, this desert
is mainly covered with expanses of sand or gravel and with
curiously shaped clay bluffs. It differs from the Kavir in
that it is sprinkled in places with thorny shrubs which afford
grazing for camels. Blown by the wind, its sand is formed
into billows, mounds and hills which are constantly shifting
and eddying, and its surface is heated by the sun till it feels
like incandescent metal. The lack of water is, moreover,
aggravated by the almost constant hot wind which sucks
every atom of moisture from man and beast. In spite of its
difficulties and dangers, however, there are a few recognised
caravan routes across it.
Notwithstanding her two sea frontiers, Persia really has few Coasts and
natural facilities for maritime traffic. The coast line of the ports *
Caspian stretches in a series of shallow indentations without
a break and is devoid of natural harbours. The lagoons,
with the exception of that at Enzeli, are shallow, and the
mouths of the rivers are obstructed by sand-bars. The only
important port is Enzeli (Pahlevi as it is now called), whose
artificial harbour requires constant dredging to keep it open.
Besides Mohammerah on the Shatt-al-Arab, the chief ports
on the south coast are Bushire, Lingeh and Bandar Abbas,
where, owing to the gradual shelving of the muddy or sandy
sea floor, ships have to anchor three to seven miles out in
open roadsteads.
At the head of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
the coast line is low and
marshy, liable to flood and fringed with mud-banks caused
by the river silt which is gradually and slowly encroaching
on the sea. To the southward of this alluvial plain, except
for a short distance where the mountains fall directly into
the sea, there is a belt of low-lying land of varying width
situated between the sea and the southern rim of the main
plateau. The surface of this plain is frequently broken up
b}f a series of subsidiary ridges of hills, and its character varies
from great fertility to extensive mud-flats, salt marshes or
sandy wastes. It is one of the hottest regions in the world.
The climate of Persia naturally varies with the locality Climate,
and, although some of the chief characteristics of different
areas are given below, they can only be taken as a very general
guide.
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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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