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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [112v] (229/566)
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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190
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
Sarhad ; might be necessary. Gusht was reached on the 6th August
August 1916 . an( j j a f ter discussion of the situation with Majors Keyes and
Hutchinson, General Dyer decided that he would move through
the Gamshadzai country to Jalq, where the Gamshadzai chiefs
were said to be ready to discuss terms of submission. Major
Keyes and his mission would remain at Gusht to protect supplies
and the sick.
Leaving Gusht on the 8th August, General Dyer with his
column reached Jalq unopposed on the 13th after a trying and
arduous march through difficult country. On the 15th his
terms, namely the surrender of one hundred rifles and three
hostages, as well as an agreement to sell General Dyer as many
sheep as he might require for the winter rations of his force in
Sarhad, were rejected by the Gamshadzai chiefs. These were
then ordered.to leave Jalq, as General Dyer proposed to move
out and operate against the tribe till it submitted. But he
heard that Major Keyes wished to return to Sib, both to secure
supplies and to reassure the inhabitants of the country to the
south of the Gusht-Jalq line, who were in a nervous and
disturbed state owing to an influx of the Damanis who had
evacuated Sarhad in consequence of General Dyer's operations,
He also received instructions from India that though his opera
tions in Sarhad should be continued till they ensured a
reasonable prospect of peace, the Government of India desired
to withdraw their troops from that area as soon as the Germans
had been dealt with and political arrangements had been made
to control the border. General Dyer himself was to locate his
headquarters as soon as possible in the Robat-Saindak-Kacha
area, where he would be in a better position to carry out his
main object, which was the capture of German parties
re-entering Persia from Afghanistan. General Dyer conse
quently started his return to Gusht on the afternoon of the
15th August, proceeding to Sinukan. There, however, hearing
from Major Keyes that he had sufficient supplies to last hiin
at Gusht till the 21st, General Dyer decided to return rapidly
to Jalq, where some Gamshadzai fighting men were said to e
harboured in a fort. With a portion of his force he niade a
night march and surrounded the fort before dawn on the lb ,
capturing five Gamshadzais and some cattle. In the 0
were also many Gamshadzai women and children, and ®
expressed great surprise when they learnt that General )
had no intention of holding them captive. General Dyer
marched back via Gusht to Khwash, where he arrived on
24th August and was obliged a few days later to appy
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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.
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