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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [63v] (131/566)
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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96
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
near the Afghan frontier. After crossing the road, passing
near Duruksh and being rejoined by Paschen, who had moved
via Sehdeh the whole party crossed the Afghan frontier
near Yazdan on the night 19th-20th August.
Niedermayer says that the Amir of Afgbamstan subse
quently informed them that their pursuers reached the
frontier half a day after them and that 10,000 Anglo-Indian
troops and a mixed Russian brigade had been set in motion
against them ! They arrived at Herat on the 24th August,
being treated virtually as prisoners for the first few days
there. But they then experienced more friendly treatment
and left with an escort for Kabul on the 7th September. Of
the 140 men and 236 animals, the maximum strength he had
altogether enrolled in his own expedition, Niedermayer says that
37 men and 79 animals reached Herat. His passage of the
desert had certainly been a fine exploit.
In the meantime, our anxiety regarding Afghanistan had
been lessened considerably by the receipt, by the Viceroy,
of a most satisfactory letter from the Amir, saying that if
German armed parties entered Afghanistan they would be dis
armed and interned till the end of the war and that the Amir
fully intended to remain neutral.
Kerman: Reports from the British consul at Kerman at the begin-
August 1915 ! ning of August stated that Zugmayer, with all the disorderly
elements of the town at his disposal, had obtained such a
dominating position that the Governor was afraid to carry
out the orders from Tehran to stop the German activities.
Zugmayer’s diary confirms this and shows how he managed
by bribery and intimidation to overawe the Governor and
to win over a large section of the population, including many
of the clergy. Throughout August he continued his propa
ganda and intrigues, not only with the local notables but
also with the chief of Bam and other tribal leaders to the
north of Makran, and he increased his armed following con
siderably by local enlistment. At the end of August our
consul reported that pro-German enthusiasm had lessene ,
as a result of the scattering of Wagner’s party.
East Persia ; The apparent intention of Zugmayer’s party to exten 1 5
August 1915 . operations eastward, the frequent reports of other German
parties leaving Isfahan for an easterly destination and t e
fact that at least one party was known to be still m - e
vicinity of Tabas, all made it probable that more of the enemy
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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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