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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [21v] (47/566)
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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OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
Neither he nor any of the Shahs who succeeded him, however,
appear to have realised that many other reforms, besides one
in mUitary training, were necessary before the army could
. be 5ri e 8i e O ffi t C he n French military mission sent by Napoleon was
S” replaced by a British mission from India, among whose officers
missions. Lindsay-Bethune, Monteith and Willock have left
fS n^sEed record. Majors D’Arcy Todd and Hart also
did fine military service in Persia about this penod the latter s
influence over the Shah, the heir-apparent and the Persian
soldiery being so great that he held a position m the country,
till his death there in 1830, which was unequalled by any other
foreign officer. Persia, however, gained almost nothing m
military strength from their employment; not from the
fault of the British personnel or of the Persian rank and fie
who proved to be docile, intelligent and sufficiently courageous
b u t owing to the uselessness and inefficiency of the Persian
officers and to the corruption and lack of proper system of
the administration. In 1815 a dispute between the two
Governments over the subsidy led to the departure of mos
of the British personnel; but in 1834 another large military
mission from India arrived in Persia, among its officers being
Shiel, Rawlinson, Passmore, D’Arcy Todd and Stoddart, all
of whom gained distinction there. Within six months of their
arrival, however, Muhammad became Shah and, actuated
by Russian influence and his own desire to invade Afghanistan,
not only failed to give them the necessary support but treated
them with growing hostility and contumely till they a il
the country with Mr. McNeill in 1838, without having been
able to effect as much good as they might have. The
different British officers and non-commissioned officers who
had so far served Persia left a fine military tradition behind
them, which in 1861, 1870 and 1874, after the efforts of other
European military officers had proved unsuccessful, prompted
further Persian requests for British military instructors. But
the Governments in India and London, displaying indifference,
refused the requests. In 1879 an Austrian military mission
arrived in the country, and the Russians started to organise
the Persian Cossack force which was to become a significant
emblem of Russian ascendancy.
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Persia have held but a poor opinion of the military quality oi
its inhabitants. They all agree as to the lack of the necessary
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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).
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- 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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