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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [88r] (180/566)
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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INTRIGUES AGAINST FARMAN FARMA 143
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Baratoff, delayed by the abnormal winter conditions, had
not yet started to advance on Kermanshah, but on the 13th February
February the Russian Commander-in-Chief in the Caucasus, 1916 .
with a view to relieving the pressure on us in Mesopotamia,
sent him orders to occupy Kermanshah without further delay
and then to advance on Khaniqin.
On the 15th February Mr. Marling signed an agreement
with the Bakhtiari Khans by which they undertook, so long
as amity existed between Great Britain and Persia, to maintain
security and prevent agitation in their territory, to protect
the oil-fields and generally to preserve an attitude of benevolent
neutrality towards the Allies. This was a further indication
of the improvement in the Allied situation in Persia. Unfor
tunately, however, local intrigues were beginning to undermine
the position of Farman Farma, who had proved himself a strong
and capable Minister and had rendered the Allies good service
by his steadfast support of their interests for some months
past. The former rivalries and jealousies in Persia between
Russians and British and their respective local partisans had
died down in face of the common danger and as a result of
the personal friendship between Mr. Marling and M. de Etter,
the Russian Minister. But, no sooner had the situation at
Tehran been rendered secure by Baratoff s operations than the
pro-Russian party set to work to oust “ British ” Farman
Farma and replace him by “ Russian ” Sipahsalar. The chief
role in these intrigues was played by a Russian official who
succeeded in misleading the Russian Minister and in causing
friction between him and Farman Farma, who, moreover, by
his avaricious tendencies played into his enemies' hands. Mr.
Marling realised what was happening and tried to warn Farman
Farma, but without success ; and Mr. Marling did not like to
endanger his relations with the Russian Minister by enlightening
him in regard to his subordinate's intrigues.*
The weakness of the German position in Persia at this time
appears to have been but imperfectly realised by the British.
* Mr. de Etter learnt of these subsequently, when it was too late.
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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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