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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [‎101v] (207/566)

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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168
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
East Persia;
May 1916.
Makran;
April-May
1916.
by the end of the month it was garrisoned by one squadron 28th
Light Cavalry, two mountain guns, about one hundred rifles 19th
Punjabis, and four machine guns. Jiand and Halil began to
return the plunder they had taken, and on the 30th May all
the leading Sarhaddi chiefs assembled at Khwash to meet
General Grover, commanding the Quetta Division, who was
visiting the place on a tour of inspection.
General Dyer proposed to raise 400 levies from the Sarhad
tribes and by the end of May had enlisted about half that
number. Owing to this and the settlement with their chiefs
a general immunity from raids was experienced during May
on the Nushki-Robat line of communication. Some loss and a
few casualties, however, were caused on the line near Bandan,
to the north-west of Seistan, by raids of robber tribesmen from
across the Afghan border. In these raids they themselves
only suffered a few casualties and escaped all real punishment
as it was not permissible to pursue them across the border line,
Some misunderstanding had arisen in regard to the control
of the various levies we had raised, and the Government of
India found it necessary to define the relative positions in this
respect of General Dyer and the political officers. For pur
poses of organisation and administration, they decided, the
levies were to be entirely under the political authorities : i.e.,the
Hazara and Seistani Levies under Major Prideaux, who was to
be General Dyer's political adviser for Seistan and Kain, and
the Sarhad Levies under a 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. to be appointed for
Sarhad. For operation purposes General Dyer would be the
sole authority over the levies and he was also to supervise their
training.
Work on the improvement of the Nushki-Robat route, in
order to make it passable for mechanical transport, continued
throughout May, part of the 106th Hazara Pioneers from Quetta
being employed for the purpose ; and a few motor lorries were
sent to Nushki for work on the road. The results, however,
were not satisfactory.
In April, Colonel Dew, after a visit to the headquarters 0
the Government at Delhi, returned to Makran in the hope 01
coming to terms with Bahram Khan of Bampur and other
tribal chiefs of Persian Baluchistan and Makran, to induce
them to lay aside their tribal quarrels and to assist the Bntis
in opposing German influence and activities. He also hoped 0
raise, from among their tribesmen, levies who would co-opera e
with those in Sarhad and Seistan. In addition to a persona
escort of fifty rifles l/7th Gurkhas, he had with him a e

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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)
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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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