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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [130v] (265/566)
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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224
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
Control of
operations in
South Persia;
January
1917 .
:
clans would be impeded, his eastward move checked and the
arrival in South Persia of his organised forces rendered
unprobable-rnment of In(iia had two recommendations to make
to deal with the situation. The first was that the control of the
South Persia Rifles, which should be raised and organised on the
same lines as units of the Indian Army, should be placed under
the Commander-in-Chief in India, who would nominate an
experienced general officer to exercise command m South Persia
un to the borders of Baluchistan and to have supreme control
of operations in the area. He should receive his instructions from
the Government of India, acting under the orders of H.M
Government and after consultation with the British Minister at
Tehran ' but he must have freedom to act according to the
needs of the situation, in judging of which he would have the
advice of the local political officers or, m matters beyond their
competence, of the Minister at Tehran. Sir Percy Sykes should,
it was suggested, be appointed as his chief political adviser.
They pointed out that the Commander-m-Chief m India
already received reports from General Maude ; and, with
reports also from the General in South Persia, he would be able
to co-ordinate the military policy of these areas and India and
advise the Chief of the Imperial General Staff and the Govern
ment of India accordingly. They emphasised the paramoun
importance of avoiding, in Persia, anything m t e ua ure 0
dual control and any complication, which—without decided
compensating advantages—was likely to result m further
military commitment. The second recommendation was that
trade should be encouraged on the Bushire-Shiraz road and that
for this purpose the rebel Khans should be permitted quie y
to re-establish relations with us without promise being made
them of anything in the future.
The Government of India did not advise either the occupation
of the Bushire-Dalaki plain or the reinforcement of Lmgeh or
Bandar Abbas. They proposed that they should remtorce
Sir Percy Sykes by sending, with the party of ten iintu
officers and fifty-three British instructors intended tor t
South Persia Rifles, an escort of one company of moimu
infantry, one battalion of Indian infantry and cava ry
artillery drafts, with four 10 -pdr. mountain guns and 0
machine guns ; a force which they hoped to send via an
Abbas immediately so as to avert the risks of comphca i°d s
Shiraz which the spring migration of the Qashqai and a
tribes would otherwise increase.
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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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