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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [91r] (186/566)
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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MAKRAN
149
During February Colonel Wikeley received various reports East Persia
of German intentions and preparations, which generally referred
to a movement towards Neh or Birjand. Seiler was reported
to be at Kerman raising levies for an attack and Zugmayer
was said to have gone early in the month to Narmashir,
where it appeared that he and his companions were meeting
with considerable success among the Baluchis and Sarhaddis.
In the meantime, the military authorities in India had
initiated steps to make the Nushki-Robat road fit for mechani
cal transport and to obtain the necessary vehicles from
England. It was also decided to appoint a more senior officer
to command in East Persia and on the 17th February
Brigadier-General R. E. H. Dyer received his instructions* at
Delhi and at once left for Kacha.
At the end of December, the news of the German activities Malian
based on Kerman had caused H.M. Government to enquire I9I ^_
what the position was in Makran and what measures the February
Government of India proposed for its defence if this became I 9 I 6*
necessary. There was considerable unrest in Narmashir and
Bampur, owing mainly to the lavish expenditure of the
German emissaries. But on the 12th January the Govern
ment of India replied that there were no indications of any
immediate hostile advance on Baluchistan and that, in any
case, the distances involved and the desert nature of the
country precluded any attack in strength. Raids were probable
and, to deal with these, arrangements had been made to distri
bute more arms and ammunition to loyal tribesmen, to offer
generous rewards for services rendered, to expend money
freely in obtaining timely information and to increase the
Makran Levy Corps by 200 men. Endeavours were also
being made to secure the co-operation of friendly chiefs in
Persian Makran, and the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
in Kalat (Lieut.-Colonel
A. B. Dew) was touring the border to see what further
measures were necessary. As they did not consider the menace
on the Baluchistan border to be serious, the Government of
India did not consider it advisable to lock up troops there
even if they were available. In February Major T. H. Keyes
of the Political Department was sent with some Indian non
commissioned officers to assist Colonel Dew in organising the
tribal forces on the Makran border ; and by the end of the
month Colonel Dew had succeeded in winning over, or arranging
a truce with, many of the hitherto hostile chiefs of the Persian
bord erland.
* These instructions were a recapitulation of those issued to Colonel Wikeley.
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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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