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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [106v] (217/566)
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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178
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
Bushire ;
May-June
1916.
The march fell naturally into two sections—the first over the
hot coastal plain and the low hills to Daulatabad, 126 miles
distant; and the second through the mountains, in which the
climate though bracing was treacherous as, after the enervating
heat of the coast, the cold nights were apt to bring out latent
fever. In the first section had to be traversed the ill-famed
Tang-i-Zindan, or “ Prison Defile/ , in which wet weather was
liable to cause sudden floods, which had in the past swept
away many a caravan. No accident occurred, however, and
even the robber tribes of the area offered no molestation. On
arrival at Daulatabad, which is in the Kerman province,
Sir P. Sykes was met by some old friends, who brought him a
letter of welcome signed by the leading inhabitants of Kerman
city. From this point Sir P. Sykes had no further anxieties,
as friends joined him at every stage and his march became a
triumphal progress. It was fortunate that the columns were
not molested, as the small number of troops would have found
it difficult to protect adequately their large convoys of donkeys
and half-wild camels.*
At Bushire during May and June no military operations
took place. The 14th Sikhs from Egypt arrived there on the
22nd May, when the 96th Infantry were sent to Mesopotamia.
On the 12th June the Government of India informed the India
Office of the reasons for their decision not to take the risks of
offensive operations from Bushire, a military policy in which
the Chief of the Imperial General Staff expressed his
concurrence.
On the 17th June Mr. Marling telegraphed to Major
Trevor at Bushire that the Foreign and India Offices had
decided that he was to open negotiations, for the release
of the British prisoners at Ahram, with the Khans on terms
which it was understood they were likely to accept. These
included the release by us of sixteen prisoners to be named by
the Khans, the return to them of money and a consignment of
tea which we had confiscated at Bushire, and the assurance that
the Bushire-Borazjan-Shiraz road would be re-opened for
traffic. Further, though the Khans had not put in a demand
for a full pardon, if this was found to be essential Major Trevor
might grant it with a warning that it would be cancelled in 0
Khans gave further trouble. In reply Major Trevor submitte
* In his report Sir Percy Sykes said that the last European coturM ^
traverse the Kerman province was that of Alexander the Great in B.t.
that in the long interval of 2,241 years there had been no improve
communications.
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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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