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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [‎72v] (149/566)

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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112
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
General The arrival of the Russian troops at Enzeli and the advance
events and 0 f G enera i Townshend’s force towards Kut-al-Amara in Meso-
poHcy 1 ^ potamia, while they sensibly lightened the situation, also
September seemed to have the effect of causing the Germans to redouble
I9I5 ‘ their activities. At Hamadan they made no secret of their
intention to attack and drive out the British and Russians; at
Kermanshah not only did they receive large additional consign
ments of arms and ammunition and reinforcement by some
three hundred Turkish troops (wearing Persian caps with
German badges*), but the German consul was openly enlisting
as many men as he could to assist the Turks in Mesopotamia;
and at Isfahan the position was so dangerous that the Allied
consuls and communities were all leaving. The British left
there on the 14th September for Ahwaz, where they arrived
safely at the beginning of October. The attitude of the Bakh-
tiaris, whose power and influence in the Isfahan area was
considerable, had been disappointing and was evidently a
result of the failure of the Persian Government to send them
orders to stop the German agitation. Consequently, though
most of them appear to have refused German bribes, they
remained passive spectators.
About the middle of September Persian Ministers began to
profess great anxiety to protect Allied consuls and to put an
end to German intrigues, the danger of which they seemed at
last to have realised and to be alarmed at. But their change of
policy was unwelcome to the Democrats, and the Prime Minister
had not sufficient strength of character to enforce the fulfilment
of his promises to the Allies. It is true that he could not rely
on the gendarmerie and was still afraid to use the Persian
Cossacks and the Bakhtiaris, but he could at least have
prevented and restrained the pro-German action of some of the
leading permanent officials at Tehran.
In reply to the urgent request of the Persian Governmen
for financial assistance and arms, the British and Russian
Governments arranged during September to grant them a
monthly subsidy, but neither Power was in a position to give
them arms. ,
On the 30th September Mr. Marling telegraphed that e
German position in Persia depended entirely on their keeping
open the road to Baghdad via Kermanshah. The German
Minister had, on the previous day, told the newly-appo in e
* These were possibly the levies under Captain Klein which German accou
mention as being intended to support Niedermayer.

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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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