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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [26r] (56/566)
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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ANGLO-PERSIAN TREATY 1814
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continued her aggression and began to invade Gilan. Fateh
Ali, reluctant though he was to ally himself with a regicide
nation, accordingly felt obliged in the spring of 1807 to accept
Napoleon's offer of military assistance in Georgia and a subsidy,
in return for the repudiation of the British alliance and the
assistance of Persian troops in an invasion of India. A few
months later a military mission of seventy French officers
arrived and started to train the Persian army which Napoleon
hoped to utilise against India. But the news of the Convention
of Tilsit, in which there was no mention of the restoration of
Georgia to Persia, led to a reaction against the French which
gave the British an opportunity of which they were fortunately
able to avail themselves.
The authorities in Calcutta and London had been seriously
alarmed at the increase of French influence at Tehran and
they both sent missions there, under General Malcolm and
Sir Harford Jones-Brydges respectively. The former arrived
first and met with no success, but Sir Harford Brydges was
able in 1809 to negotiate a preliminary treaty and to effect
the dismissal of the French Mission. Further negotiations Anglo-
led to the signing in 1814 of the final treaty, which was specially treaty 1 1814
declared to be defensive. All alliances between Persia and
European nations hostile to Great Britain were declared null
and void; no European army, hostile to the British, was
to be allowed to enter Persia ; and the Shah was to induce
certain rulers in Turkestan to oppose any armies attempting
to traverse their territories on the march to India. Persia
and Great Britain were to render one another mutual assistance
in case of attack and the limits between Persia and Russia
were to be determined by Great Britain, Russia and Persia.
Great Britain was to grant Persia an annual subsidy of 200,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
(i.e., about £150,000) and would endeavour to include
Persia in any treaty of peace with a European Power with
whom they were both at war, or, failing this, would afford
Persia military and financial support. Finally, Great Britain
was not to interfere in case of war between Persia and Afghani
stan, while Persia agreed to attack Afghanistan if she went
to war with Great Britain.
In the meantime the Persian army, thanks to the ineptitude Russo-
of the heir-apparent who commanded it, had suffered a severe ^^ n of
defeat at the hands of the Russians ; and the Shah, faced by Gulistan,
internal risings and unable to get assistance from Great Britain 1813 .
(then at peace with Russia), was constrained in 1813 to sign
the Treaty of Gulistan. By this he ceded to Russia a large
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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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