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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [‎28v] (61/566)

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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that he displayed a growing hostility to Great Britain, revived
the idea of retaking Herat and at the end of 1855, by his
insults, forced the British Minister to break off diplomatic
relations and leave Tehran. In 1856^ the Shah despatched
an army which succeeded in re-occupying Herat, and Great
Britain who in the previous year had concluded a treaty of
peace and friendship with Dost Muhammad, Amir of Kabul,
most reluctantly declared war on Persia.
Anglo- There were many ways in which Great Britain could have
Persian War, en f 0 rced her will on Persia, for Dost Muhammad, the Khan
1856 - 57 - of Kalatj the Sultan of Muscat and most of the tribes of South
Persia were all ready and anxious to join in taking up arms
against the Shah. But Great Britain, with no desire to exercise
more than sufficient force to compel the evacuation of Herat,
contented herself with sending in December 1856 a small
expeditionary force to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . There it occupied
Kharg island, captured Bushire and Borazjan and, re-embarking
in March 1857, took Mohammerah and Ahwaz. On the fall
of Bushire the Shah sued for and obtained peace,* the sole
conditions imposed by the British being the evacuation of
Herat and Afghan territory, the recognition of their inde
pendence and an agreement that, in future disputes with
them, Persia should have recourse to British advice before
resorting to force. The Persians were amazed and gratified
at the British magnanimity, which had the most beneficial
results on their subsequent mutual relations.
But for his death within the week, Dost Muhammad’s
capture of Herat in 1863 would have caused fresh trouble
between Persia and Afghanistan. Both these countries also
laid claim at this period to Seistan. But Great Britain refused
Persia’s invitation to intervene in the dispute and, as Sher All
was engaged in establishing himself as Amir of Afghanistan,
Persia was able to secure the greater part of the disputed
Perso-Afghan province. In 1870, however, to avert war between Afghanistan
boundary, and Persia on this question, Great Britain suggested arbi
tration ; and this led to the appointment of Sir Frederic
Goldsmid,! who had just succeeded in delimiting the Makran
boundary, to adjudicate on the rival claims. His award ga^ e
Seistan proper to Persia and outer Seistan (i.e., the district
then on the right bank of the Helmand) to Afghanistan.
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tinned after the peace agreement had been signed at Paris.
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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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