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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [28r] (60/566)
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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he signified his agreement to all the demands of a British
ultimatum. But though he raised the siege and left Herat,
he did not carry out his word for another three years and it
was only then that Mr. McNeill returned to the Persian capital.
From 1838 to 1848 the country passed through a most Persian
troubled time. In spite of Persian protests the Russians jg^g^g
occupied Ashurada island, in the Caspian, as a naval station
in 1839, on the grounds that the Shah had invoked their
assistance against the Turkoman pirates ; there was a rebellion
in 1842 of the Ismaili religious sect, whose chief the Agha
Khan found refuge in India ; relations with Turkey during
1842-43 were very strained, war only being averted by the
intervention of British and Russians, acting for once in accord ;
and the Babis (religious revivalists) rebelled in 1844. When
Muhammad Shah died, the ignorance, ineptitude and indolence
of his Vizier had brought the country to the verge of bank
ruptcy and the brink of revolution, while its power of self-
defence had almost vanished, for the army, with its pay several
years in arrears, was grossly inefficient and the mounted forces
of the tribes had practically ceased to exist.
On the accession of Nasir-ud-Din, Muhammad's sixteen Accession of
year old son, the general discontent gave rise to disorder s^ah ^s^s 111
which only subsided when the unpopular Vizier resigned.
His successor, entitled Amir-i-Nizam,* proved himself to be
one of the greatest and most upright statesmen that Persia
has ever seen ; and he set himself, with considerable success,
to reform existing abuses and to reorganise the country's
finances. But the reactionary and corrupt elements among
the population were too strong for him and, by effecting his
removal from office in 1851 and then his execution, did the
country irreparable injury.
The Persians still hoped to recover some of their lost pro- Break with
vinces and from 1851 to 1853 nursed the idea of re-occupying ^g t S and ’
Herat, till induced by the British, much against their own
wishes, to conclude a treaty engaging not to send troops into
Herat territory except in the event of attack from without.
In 1853 the Shah saw in the Crimean War a chance for the
recovery of territory lost to Russia, and, rejecting an invitation
to join that country against Turkey, made overtures to Great
Britain and France. These Powers, realising their inability
to ensure Persia against subsequent Russian reprisals, advised
the Shah to remain neutral. He so disliked this counsel
* All officials in Persia assume high-sounding titles by which they are
known to the total abrogation of their real names.
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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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