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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [133v] (271/566)
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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230
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
In the meantime Sir Percy Sykes was proceeding with
schemes for the organisation and training of the South Persia
Rifles. Those in the Ears province consisted, at the beginning
of March, of about 2,000 ex-gendarmerie, whose reorganisation
and training would take some time and all the efforts of the
British officers and non-commissioned officers then on their way
to assist him.
March 1917.
Kerman ; During the first three months of 1917 the growing decrease
J^uary-i n tribal restlessness and brigandage in the Kerman province
TrtT * brought about a great improvement in the local situation.
Consequently recruitment for the South Persia Rifles, as well
as organisation and training, made good progress. In the
middle of February it was found possible to send a company of
South Persia Rifles infantry under a British officer to Saidabad,
and at the beginning of March the total numbers at Kerman and
Saidabad amounted to about 400 sabres, 500 rifles and the
nucleus of a mountain battery. Towards the end of February
the four Austrian prisoners* were sent off to Bandar Abbas
from Saidabad escorted by the detachment 108th Infantry,
which then rejoined its battalion headquarters at Muscat. The
telegraph line from Bandar Abbas, where about 400 men had
been recruited for the South Persia Rifles, to Kerman was
nearly complete by the end of Marchf and Major Rich, after a
prolonged survey, had reported that the best alignment for a
motor road lay through the Tang-i-Zagh and via Saidabad.
Control of The correspondence regarding the control of military opera-
SouThPersia^ ^ ons coirt i nue d in February and March. In reply to the War
February- Cabinet's request for further consideration of the political
March 1917. aspect. Sir Charles Marling admitted that the situation required
the presence of a prudent soldier of experience, but did not
consider that the appointment of a General, with the large
powers suggested, was necessary. The Government of India
said that they realised the advisability of avoiding disturbance
of Persian susceptibilities. But they doubted if Sir Percy
Sykes, whose political qualifications they recognised, had
sufficient military experience for a situation in which military
necessities were paramount; and they still considered that
* These Austrians, being sick or wounded, had remained in Saidabad when
the remainder of the prisoners effected their escape in August 1916 .
t It was not actually completed, however, till the 30 th April.
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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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