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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [‎105v] (215/566)

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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176
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
Qawam to restore order. Farman Farma was appointed
Governor-General of Fars early in May, but it was to be several
months before he actually arrived at Shiraz in person ; and until
he did so the Persian Government entrusted the young Qawam
with the responsibility for the administration.
The Sykes For the march of his small force from Bandar Abbas to
Kerman, a distance of about 270 miles, Sir Percy Sykes was
’ engaged till the middle of May in the necessary preparations.
The Persian authorities agreed to lay out supplies at the various
stages, but it was decided, as a precautionary measure, to carry
with the force forty days' rations for men and seven days’ forage
for animals. The chief difficulty was transport, as at that time
of year no caravan owner from the interior would risk his
camels in the intense heat of the coastal region. The local
camels were generally only used for the carriage of grain and
neither they nor their owners were accustomed to other loads,
to move in convoy or to march at fixed hours, while the
carrying capacity of the slow-moving donkeys was limited.
In the meantime Mr. Marling had represented that British
interests and the desirability of supporting Farman Farma
required that Sir P. Sykes should proceed to Shiraz and start the
organisation in Fars of the South Persia Rifles with the least
possible delay. The British Minister, however, realised the
necessity for proceeding with the movement to Kerman* for
which the arrangements were almost complete. But when he
learnt that the Government of India considered that the
question of proceeding to Shiraz from Kerman should be left
for decision according to subsequent developments, both he and
Farman Farma urged that some other British officers should be
sent direct to Shiraz from Bandar Abbas to start organising
the South Persia Rifles. This suggestion was negatived in
India, as it was felt that to send officers without an adequate
escort—and this could not be provided—would be to run
undesirable risks.
The British A further reason for an early restoration of British influence
pn Ahranf; -^ ars was desirability of obtaining the release of Major
May 1916 ! O’Connor and the other British prisoners at Ahram. The r e
had been various suggestions for effecting this. The Deputy
Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bushire, the British Minister at Tehran
and the Foreign Office in London had advocated offensive
operations from Bushire against the rebellious Khans. u '
after consideration in Mesopotamia and India, the id eajvn
* The route from Bandar Abbas to Shiraz via Kerman was also easier
the direct road.

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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.

Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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