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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [108v] (221/566)
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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182
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
The Sykes On the 22nd June the
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.
, at the instance of the
Foreign Office who were most anxious for the early arrival of
Une i 9 i 6 ^ British officers at Shiraz, asked India to ascertain when the
situation at Kerman would permit Sir P. Sykes to start for
Shiraz and whether he could safely proceed there direct instead
of via Yezd. There were several reasons why Sir P. Sykes
considered it preferable to move to Shiraz via Yezd instead of
by the direct road, although the distance by the former was
459 miles against 334 miles by the latter. Along the Yezd
road there was a telegraph line, and this would facilitate both
the laying out of supplies required for his column and the
maintenance of communication with the authorities. On the
direct route supplies were reported to be scarce and, until
Farman Farma reached Shiraz, it would be practically impos
sible to lay them out between Niriz and Shiraz, while the section
of road from Saidabad to Niriz was known to be very difficult
for troops. Moreover, this road ran through country inhabited
by Baharlus and other Arab tribesmen who had been helping
the Germans. So that, apart from the possibility of hostilities
on their part, owners of hired transport would probably be
easily intimidated into deserting. On learning, however, of
the wishes of the Foreign Office, Sir P. Sykes at first agreed to
go by the shorter route, for which, in view of possible hostilities,
he started to obtain transport mules, as his column would be
too small to safeguard a long line of hired camels with undis
ciplined drivers. Mules, however, were not obtainable locally
and on the 30th June he reported that it would take two months
to obtain them, whereas if he moved by Yezd he could use
camels, which he could collect in one month. Owing to this
and the delay there would be, in the absence of a telegraph line, ,
in ascertaining if supplies had been laid out along the direct
route, he estimated that he would gain a month by moving
through Yezd, as well as running infinitely less risk of supplies
failing. On the 3rd July the Government of India instructed
him to arrange to start without delay and move via Yezd. K
was desirable to take advantage of the collapse of the German
propaganda to re-establish ourselves in Ears before the effect
of the Russian check in Western Persia was fully felt there.
Colonel Gough, the new British consul for Shiraz, won
accompany Farman Farma there from Isfahan, as well as v
British officers for the South Persia Rifles.
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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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