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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [75v] (155/566)
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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118 OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
General Baghdad; and on the 24th October, when informing Petrograd
Allied policy'; of the British intention, Sir Edward Grey suggested that if the
October^ Russians could act simultaneously in North Persia, the situation
I 9 I 5* might be saved. By this time the Germans were virtually
masters of Tehran. In addition to large quantities of arms and
ammunition, they had there about two hundred Austro-
Hungarian soldiers,* several hundred locally recruited followers
and six or seven hundred Persian gendarmerie under Swedish
officers, on whom they could rely for support. Against these
the Persian Government might possibly be able to count on
about five hundred Persian Cossacks and one thousand police,
but their loyalty was very doubtful. Mr. Marling and the
Russian Minister received reports daily of an intended attack
on them and the Legations, and in many ways it was clearly
indicated that the Germans meditated a coup d’dtat.
On the 23rd October two members of the British consular
staff at Shiraz were shot at and wounded, and two days later
Major O’Connor informed Mr. Marling that, unless steps were
taken at once to set matters right, the British colony would
find it impossible to remain any longer at Shiraz. They and
Qawam were constantly threatened with assassination and
Major O’Connor feared that neither Qawam nor Saulat was
capable of dealing with the situation. In consequence of this
state of affairs Major O’Connor was authorised to leave Shiraz
if necessary, but, as his departure would be hailed as a German
success and would render the position of Qawam and Saulat
much more difficult, he was instructed to remain there as long
as possible.
A most unsatisfactory interview which Mr. Marling had with
the Persian Prime Minister on the 26th October and information
which he acquired during the next two days all seemed to
indicate that Persian Ministers were deceiving him and were
in reality negotiating with the Germans ; and on the 29th he
heard that a convention with Germany had actually been
signed. But this was followed the same day by news that
4,000 Russian cavalry had just disembarked at Enzeli and on
the 30th by a visit from the Persian Foreign Minister, who
absolutely denied that any convention had been suggested or
signed and who adopted altogether a much more amenable
attitude.
About the same time three hundred Persian Cossacks, whom
the Russian Minister had insisted on despatching in spiteJ )f
It was found that Persian officials had been implicated in assisting their
escape from Trans-Caspia and their journey to Tehran.
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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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