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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [32v] (69/566)
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
Anglo- aim in these friendly negotiations was not to permit one
Russian another to intervene on the pretext of safeguarding their own
Convention, interests
The Persians, however, put little faith in these assurances,
as they regarded the terms of the convention as quite incom
patible with Persian independence and integrity. They
realised that they could no longer rely on one Power to assist
them in resisting the demands of the other and they considered
that in consequence the agreement would facilitate inter
ference, the appointment of officials and even the despatch
of military forces by either country. The sequel was to prove
that the Persians had considerable justification for their
apprehensions. For, while Great Britain was inspired by a
genuine desire to maintain Persia's independence and to
help her, Russian officials, if not the Russian Government,
regarded the agreement as a preliminary to partition. Russia
began almost immediately to take advantage of the agreement
to absorb gradually her so-called sphere, and continued to do
so. Great Britain, endeavouring to co-operate closely with
Russia and to avoid dissensions with her, felt obliged to
remonstrate. But as her protests were generally without
effect, she got no credit for them and became more and more
implicated in Persian minds with responsibility for Russian
aggressive action.
Lord Grey contends—with some justification—that Persia's
integrity and independence did not in fact exist in 1907 and
that we gained considerably by the greater prospect of peace
which the convention achieved. On the other hand, how
ever, it had effects which were subsequently to handicap
or embarrass us. It resulted in the reduction of military
expenditure in India, both in 1907 and 1912 ; it displeased
the Amir of Afghanistan and thereby facilitated the acquisi
tion of arms by the tribes on the
North-West Frontier
Region of British India bordering Afghanistan.
of India ;
and it changed the not unfriendly attitude of the inhabitants
of the buffer states covering India into one of suspicion or
worse.
Shah’s coup In December 1907, the Shah initiated a coup d'etat having
d'etat. as a i m the abolition of the constitution. But his hesitation
at a critical moment gave the Majlis and the populace time
to counteract the stroke and to force the Shah to surrender
and swear, for the fifth time, that he would observe the con
stitution. Attempts to bring about better relations between
the Shah and the Majlis were checked in February 1908 when
a bomb was thrown at the Shah, who believed that it was the
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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.
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