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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [43v] (91/566)
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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5 g OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
British
protests ;
March 1915*
action likely to arouse public opposition, and a total lack of
constructive policy beyond an overwhelming desire to rid
Persia of Russian troops. But, judged by subsequent events,
he appears to have been no weaker than any of his successors.
On the 14th March 1915 he was succeeded by Mushir-ud-Daula,
who had the advantage of possessing the confidence of the
Majlis and who, it was hoped, would adopt a strong attitude
towards breaches of Persian neutrality.
The state of affairs at Shiraz and m the Bushire hinterland
led the British Minister on the 16th March to make a strong
remonstrance to the Persian Foreign Minister against the bias
in favour of our enemies which the Persian Government appeared
to be displaying. Recapitulating the proofs obtained of the
schemes of the German Minister and German agents to involve
Persia in hostilities against us, Sir Walter Townley pointed out
that the Persian Government had done nothing to stop the
progress of these agents, whose action had laid them as open
to restraint as if they had been belligerents with arms in their
hands. He urged that immediate and energetic instructions
should be sent to the authorities in the south to take all necessary
steps to check the subversive movement which had sprung up
in the gendarmerie-protected footsteps of Wassmuss.
On the same day, hearing from the British consul at Shiraz
that Wassmuss’ plan to seize the British consul and consulate
there might be carried out at any moment, Sir Walter Townley
gave Major W. F. T. O’Connor permission to destroy all but one
of his cipher codes. Next day Major O’Connor sent another tele
gram saying that he had definite evidence that the Swedish
officers were parties to the German conspiracy and that there
were many unmistakable indications that the gendarmerie were
prepared to assist actively in the German plans. These were npe
for execution, and he understood that Wassmuss, having groun s
for the belief that the whole country and the gendarmerie were
behind him, was only awaiting instructions from the German
Minister to start hostilities. Sir Walter Townley at once ma e
a vigorous protest to the Persian Prime Minister, demanding
that instructions be immediately sent to the Governor-Genera
and the gendarmerie at Shiraz to preserve order, and adding
that the Persian Government would be held responsible tor
any damage to British interests if a disturbance with violence
should occur. The Prime Minister agreed to send the necessary
orders, and these were so far successful that the Governor-
General and the senior Swedish officer at Shiraz both assure
Major O’Connor that they intended to maintain neutra i y-
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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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