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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [‎122r] (248/566)

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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ENEMY PRISONERS AT SHIRAZ
209
Gulf ports and thus during October concentrated the 94th at
Muscat. Here were also the 108th Infantry, less the detach
ments at Saidabad and Bandar Abbas. Four mountain guns
were also held ready in India to proceed to Persia if necessary
and the Chief of the Imperial General Staff was asked if he
could spare some Indian cavalry from Egypt for the purpose.
As, however, the situation in South Persia improved, the project
was dropped and the 94th Infantry were withdrawn to India
in November.
Farman Farma and Colonel Gough arrived at Shiraz on the
15th October and were well received. Saulat had left before
their arrival, but Qawam’s attitude and the bearing of the
gendarmerie gave no apparent cause for anxiety. Meanwhile,
owing to the prevailing scarcity in Fars, Sir Percy Sykes had
been obliged to delay his departure from Isfahan till he had
purchased sufficient wheat to feed his column at Shiraz. He
left’on the 20th October, reaching Shiraz on the 12th November.
On arrival, Farman Farma had at once taken over charge
of the sixty odd enemy prisoners* at Shiraz, but at the end of
October Seiler and two others managed to effect their escape.
As it appeared to Farman Farma and Colonel Gough that
lawlessness and anti-British activity were decreasing, Sir
Charles Marling proposed that Sir P. Sykes should escort the
prisoners to Kazerun and hand them over to a British column
to be sent for the purpose from Bushire. Although at the end
of October General Maude in Mesopotamia had felt justified
in withdrawing the 2/124th Baluchis from Bushire, neither the
political nor military authorities there agreed that either the
anti-British sentiments or the rebellious attitude to the
Persian Government of the Khans of Borazjan, Chah Kutah and
Tangistan had changed for the better ; and they were conse
quently of opinion that a British force sent to escort the
prisoners from Kazerun would have to be of some strength.
General Maude, advised by Sir Percy Cox, held the same
opinion and, as he did not consider the time propitious for an
expedition to Kazerun, suggested that the prisoners should be
sent to Basra via Isfahan and Ahwaz. The Chief of the
Imperial General Staff also agreed that any military commit
ment in the Bushire area was, for the time being, undesirable;
but he left the question of the prisoners for the Commander-in-
Chief in India and General Maude to decide between them.
* 15 Germans, 31 Austrians, 2 Swedes, 8 Turks and about 12 Afghans or
Pathans.

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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.

Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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