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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [32r] (68/566)
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-RUSSIAN CONVENTION, 1907
35
of a clear understanding with Russia would prevent matters
getting worse. Moreover, an agreement with her was the
natural complement of our entente with France, who was
Russia's ally. On the other hand, Russian despotism was so
repugnant to British ideals that, had it not been for the recent
institution of the Duma in Russia, H.M. Government would
have found it difficult to justify the Convention to the British
public.
By the terms of the Convention both countries agreed to re
spect Persian integrity and independence and stated their desire
for the preservation of order in Persia and its pacific develop
ment, as well as the permanent establishment of equal advant
ages for the commerce and industry of other nations. Having
geographical and economic reasons for the maintenance of
peace and order in the Persian provinces conterminous with
their respective frontiers and being desirous of avoiding all
motives for conflict between their respective interests in
these regions, they agreed on the following arrangement.
Great Britain would not seek for herself, for her own subjects,
or for the subjects of a third power, any political or commercial
concessions north of a line running from Qasr-i-Shirin and
including Isfahan, Yezd and Kakh to the point on the Persian
boundary where the Russian and Afghan frontiers intersected.
Russia similarly bound herself in regard to the area south of
a line running from Bandar Abbas and including Kerman
and Birjand to Gazik on the Afghan frontier* Both nations
also agreed not to oppose, without previous discussion, any
concession which the subjects of the other Power might seek
in the neutral zone between these lines.
Owing to the alarm caused in Persia by the news of this
convention, the British Minister at Tehran found it expedient
to send at once to the Persian Foreign Minister a reassuring
memorandum. This repudiated in the most explicit manner
any aggressive designs or desire to interfere in Persian affairs
and it guaranteed the independence and integrity of Persia.
It concluded by declaring that not only did Great Britain and
Russia not seek a pretext for intervention, but that their
* This line was a compromise between the views of the Government of
India, who urged that it should include the Lower Karun Valley and the head
of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, and those of Lord Kitchener (then Commander-in-Chief
in India) who considered that we should limit our responsibilities to the
semi-desert areas of Persian Baluchistan, Kain, Seistan and Kerman and
that it would be a strategical advantage to us if Russia and Germany were
to establish ports in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
or the Arabian Sea where we could
attack them. The Germans, it may be noted, were still continuing their
efforts to gain a footing on the shores of the 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.
- Physical characteristics
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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