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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [‎84v] (173/566)

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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136
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
Bushire;
December
1915-
East Persia;
December
1915-
the necessary troops, resources, arms or the large sums of
money which the Persian tribesmen had been led to expect
Goltz’s arrival with empty hands, combined with his inability
to fix any date for the advance of a Turco-German force
caused trouble and opposition. It is noteworthy that German
accounts specially emphasise the fact that, at this stage,
the only really useful force available was the advanced guard
of the small Turkish force from the Tigris, consisting of a
battalion of infantry, a mountain battery and a machine
gun detachment under the command of Major Raith of Goltz’s
staff. Goltz had nominated him to this command with
stringent orders to maintain strict discipline, in the hope of
removing the bad impression which the previous excesses of
Turkish troops had created among the Persians. This party
arrived at Kermanshah early in January. In the meantime,
Goltz, leaving Bopp to command and as his representative
in Persia, had returned to Baghdad.
At Bushire, beyond a few ineffective night raids by the
ever hostile tribesmen of the hinterland, little of importance
occurred during December. On the 21st the Deputy Political
Resident there received a very friendly letter from Qawam,
acting Governor-General of Pars, saying that the coup of the
10th November had taken him by surprise but that he hoped
soon to restore the situation by an attack on the gendarmerie
with a tribal force, in which he had invited Saulat to co
operate. Two days later news was received that this attack
had been carried out, but there was no confirmation of the
initial success which it was said to have attained.
Early in December information was received by the British
that the Germans at Yezd had been joined by Seiler and his
party with a large caravan and a wireless station. Seilers
evident intention of establishing bases there and at Kerman,
from which to move into Afghanistan and to foment disturb
ances on the Baluch and Makran borders, was further con
firmed by reports from Yezd and Kerman of the German
action which led in the middle of the month to the evacuation
of both these places by the British and Russian consuls an
colonies.
German accounts say that Seiler's first intention, after
reaching Yezd, was to move eastward from there towar s

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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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