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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [74v] (153/566)
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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116
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
Information was received during October that Seiler in
tended shortly to leave Isfahan for Afghanistan, via Tabas,
taking with him a large amount of arms, ammunition and
treasure. It was said that his party would travel in two
portions by different routes. The first portion under Major
von Versen would include an Austrian doctor, eight Austrian
soldiers and some Afghans or Pathans ; and the second, whose
composition was uncertain or unknown, would be under Seiler
himself. The Niedermayer-Hentig party was reported to
have reached Kabul early in October, but was said to be located
outside the town, more or less as prisoners without intercourse
with the public.
The Niedermayer says that on their arrival at Kabul on the 2nd
Geri Kabui a * O c t 0 t)er they were well received and lodged in the Amir’s
October 1915! guest-house “ Baber-Shah ” outside the city. But they were
painfully surprised to find that they were kept as honourable
prisoners, and they received no reply to two letters which they
soon sent to the Amir. To attract attention they started a
hunger-strike, whereupon they were visited by a Turkish
doctor, who informed them that, though the Amir himself was
a strong Anglophile, his brother Nasrulla, many high officials
and a large section of the populace were pro-German. On the
10th October they received a letter from the Amir bidding
them welcome and promising to receive them shortly. About
a fortnight later the Amir Habibulla Khan gave them a long
audience, at which the Amir’s brother, Nasrulla, and the Amir’s
two sons, Inayatulla and Amanulla, were present, in addition
to several Ministers and a number of high officials. Habibulla,
who was in no way the semi-barbarian chieftain pictured
by many in Germany, impressed the Germans by his outstanding
ability, his knowledge of men and affairs and his judgment.
They realised that he exercised control over even the smallest
matters in his realm, that they could not hope to induce him
to come to any decision rashly and that he was evidently very
much under British influence. His political sagacity, which
had enabled him to maintain the status of his country, would,
says Niedermayer, have brought all honour to a German.
Though the general impression regarding their chances of
success which the Germans gained from this audience was not
encouraging, there seemed to be several factors in the situation
which made it worth their while to persevere. Nasrulla, who
was anti-British owing to resentment at what he considere
his humiliating treatment in England in 1895, showed his
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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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