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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [107r] (218/566)
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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BRITISH PRISONERS AT AHRAM
179
a long telegram of protest, especially against giving the Khans
any assurances which would render them immune from punish
ment for their long list of offences against the British. The
prisoners were, he said, comparatively well treated and were
allowed exercise and to receive stores, books, papers and letters
from Bushire. He considered—and local naval, military and
friendly Persian opinion coincided—that to accept the Khans’
terms would have a very bad effect on the British position in
South Persia, having regard to the fact that the British force
at Bushire had remained inactive for ten months in face of the
opposition of three petty chiefs with a few hundred men. Sir
Percy Cox also protested strongly, and the Government of India
asked Mr. Marling to suspend his orders to Major Trevor
pending a submission of their views to H.M. Government.
On the 30th June, Dr. Azzopardy—a Maltese and one of the
prisoners at Ahram—arrived at Bushire, having been released
on account of his ill-health. He reported that all but two of the
prisoners were in good health, though they suffered from the
heat and monotony. They were well treated and had received
all the stores and most of the books and papers sent from
Bushire. Wassmuss, he said, was short of money and had lost
influence ; while the Khans, who were short of men and had
been hard hit by the closing of the road to trade, were
distinctly apprehensive. The general population was friendly
to the prisoners. On the 6th July, Mr. Marling telegraphed
to India and Major Trevor that, in view of Major Trevor’s
protest and of the views expressed by the Government of India,
H.M. Government had decided that a pardon could not be
granted to the Khans. With this exception his previous orders
to Major Trevor were to hold good. Mr. Marling also said that,
although he did not place much hope in him, Saulat professed to
be pressing the Khans to release the prisoners unconditionally.
With regard to the organisation by Great Britain and General
Russia of military police forces in Persia and to the granting to j™* ‘° 9 " 6 : .
the Persian Government of a subsidy, both questions which had
already been agreed to in principle by the two Powers, Mr.
Marling telegraphed on the 2nd June that Persian Ministers
were urging on him and the Russian Minister the pressing
necessity for a definite settlement. The insecurity of the roads
and the alarming increase of brigandage, consequent on the
rebellion of a large part of the gendarmerie, proved the imper
ative need of an early understanding with the two Powers, said
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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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