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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [‎25r] (54/566)

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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forestalling the Turks, who in agreement with Russia had
invaded Georgia. In the same year, in return for the cession
to Russia of the Caspian provinces, Peter pledged himself to
expel the Afghans from Persia. But he made no attempt
to fulfil his pledge, and in 1724 he came to an agreement with
Turkey for the partition between them of some of the most
valuable Persian provinces. Turkey duly seized the greater
part of Western Persia which had been allotted to her, but
Russia, owing to Peter's death in 1725, took no steps to occupy
her portion, i.e., the Caspian provinces. As his action showed,
Peter the Great had very clearly defined ideas of Russian
expansion in Central Asia and it is, therefore, scarcely to be
wondered at that the document known as his will is to this
day regarded in Persia as genuine and a true presentment of
Russian aspirations.*
In 1730 the Afghans were finally expelled from Persia by
Nadir, an adventurer who had risen to the command of the
Shah's army and who after six years more of anarchy, during
which he consolidated his position, proclaimed himself Shah.
Before he was assassinated in 1747 he had regained the pro
vinces lost to Turkey, reconquered Afghanistan, invaded
India and captured Khiva, while he also induced the Russians
to evacuate the Caspian provinces which they had found to
be most unhealthy. He also made a bid, with some measure
of success, for sea power both in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the
Caspian. He was a great leader who did much to restore
the power and prestige of Persia, but he was never popular
owing to his intense hostility to the Shiah doctrine, which as
a Sunni he regarded as heresy.
On his death another period of anarchy ensued, in which
the three rival clans, Zand, Qajar and Bakhtiari contended
for the throne. The first of these finally gained the upper hand
and its representative, the humane and enlightened Karim
Khan, reigned for nearly thirty years and gave the country
a much needed rest. During his reign the British East India
Company, which had been obliged to close its trading establish
ments at Isfahan and Bandar Abbas during the anarchy
following the Afghan invasion, opened factories at Bushire
and Basra, the latter being in Persian possession from 1776
to 1779. Internal feuds in the Zand family following on Karim
Khan's death gave the Qajar tribe its opportunity. After
* It contained these words : “ Hasten the decadence of Persia, penetrate
to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , re-establish the ancient commerce of the Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. , and
advance to the Indies, which are the treasure-house of the world.”
Persia under
Nadir,
1736 - 1747 .

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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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