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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [115v] (235/566)
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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196
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
West
Persia;
July 1916.
influence not only the Kurds through the Bakhtiaris but also
the South Persian tribes. General Lake replied on the 22nd
that the movement suggested was practicable though difficult
Apart, however, from the disadvantages of detaching this small
force beyond support, it was unlikely to influence the Kurds or
to have any useful effect in South Persia. Its maintenance
would depend much on the Bakhtiaris, whose attitude towards
us was only favourable as long as they thought that we stood
between them and their domination by the Russians or others
hostile to them. Consequently, if they thought that the force
was being sent to assist the Russians in establishing Zil-es-
Sultan,* they might prove hostile, with unfortunate results both
to the detachment and to our cause. In view of these factors
the project seemed to General Lake to be undesirable. Steps
were being taken, he said, which would, he hoped, influence most
of the tribes concerned except the Kalhurs, who were for the
most part pro-Turkish. In view of this opinion the Chief of
the Imperial General Staff dropped the proposal.
Baratoff s retreat from Kermanshah naturally encouraged the
anti-Ally elements in Tehran, and the consequent intrigues did
much to lessen the influence and authority of the Cabinet. On
the other hand, these political results brought home to the
Russian Government the necessity for a settlement of the
outstanding questions of military police forces and of financial
assistance to the Persian Government; and in the middle of
July the Russian Minister received the necessary instructions
to push the negotiations.
As the month progressed and the Turks made no attempt to
advance beyond Kermanshah, the situation at Tehran improved
somewhat. But in the Bakhtiari country an influx of enemy
emissariesf and of fanatical volunteers, whose propaganda met
with considerable success, combined with the Russian retreat
to give the German cause a great impetus. In the third week
* This great-uncle of the Shah, who had previously great influence in Persi
and had been banished at the time of the revolution, had recently been allowe
to re-enter the country in the hope that he could help the Allied cause, espe
ally among the Bakhtiaris. It appears, however, that his former stern
savage rule had caused him to be hated and feared by the Persians g ene j
and especially by many of the Bakhtiari Khans ; that the Shan rega
him as a possible rival to the throne ; that his age and the deteriorati 0 ^ _
mental faculties rendered him incapable of re-establishing his former m
and position ; and that, in effect, his reappearance had given the e
agents excellent material for anti-Ally propaganda.
f Some Germans who had remained there after Bar at off’s successful a van^
were being forced by the Bakhtiari Khans to leave when news 01 ^
Kermanshah arrived. They then stood fast and started recruiting a
take Isfahan.
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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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