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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [26v] (57/566)
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
nart of Trans-Caucasia and also agreed not to maintain a
naw on the Caspian. In return Russia merely bound herself
to secure the succession of Abbas Mirza, the Persian heir-
apparent From this time forward, British and Russian
diplomatic representatives resided at the Persian Court.
War with After this, internal risings and wars with Afghanistan and
Russia and 'Pu^ey the latter due to Russian intrigues caused almost
Tr Turko- continuous fighting till 1823. The anger felt by the Persians
manchai, ^t the loss of rich provinces to Russia, intensified by the
l828 ’ overbearing attitude of the Russian representatives and by
the accounts of the ill-treatment of Moslems in the lost terri
tories, reached its climax when the Russians in 1825 occupied
by force the Gokcha district, whose_ cession to them by treaty
was in dispute. There was a national uprising led by the
priests, and the Shah was forced to declare war. The Persian
forces at first met with some success, but finally, owing once
more to the military incapacity of the heir-apparent as well
as to the parsimony of the Shah, they encountered defeat
in 1827. Under the ensuing treaty of Turkomanchai (1828)
Russia took further territory in Trans-Caucasia, obtained an
indemnity of about three million sterling, acquired a right
to appoint consuls or commercial agents as trade ^ required
and, besides other concessions, gained extra-territorial rights
in Persia for her officials and subjects.
Persia thus lost something of her independent status, and
since then all other European nations have claimed similar
extra-territorial rights.
Revision of Persia’s claim that, under the treaty of 1814, Great Britain
Anglo- should have come to her assistance against Russia, though
Treaty of disallowed, alarmed the authorities in London at their latent
1814 . obligations under that treaty. They consequently negotiated
a further agreement under which Great Britain paid a fifth
of the war indemnity to Russia on the condition that she at
once evacuated Persian Azerbaijan and that Persia agreed
to the elimination, from the 1814 treaty, of the clauses binding
Great Britain to intervene in the Russo-Persian boundary
settlement and to give military or financial assistance in case
of an invasion of Persia.
England and The reign of Fateh Ali Shah saw the final suppression by
the the British of the piracy in the
Persian Gulf
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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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