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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [137v] (279/566)
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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238
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
immediate improvement of certain roads, referred to the
provision from India of equipment, clothing, stores, etc, went
into the system of finance and gave tables of the proposed
establishments for the different units.
Control Of In the meantine, on the 14th May, the
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.
had
operations in telegraphed to the Government of India that the Foreign Office
S 0 U M h ay-juni proposed that, in addition to finding material and personnel
1917 - and supervising the expenditure of the South Persia Rifles as
recently arranged, India should control all technical questions
relating to the distribution, organisation and handling of the
force. The Tehran Legation would decide the purposes for
which the force was to be used other than the ordinary duty
of policing roads. It would also decide when and in what
direction the force was to extend its sphere of work and generally
all matters which involved political interests. Further, when
any proposal which was made by one authority was likely
to affect the sphere of the other, the two would mutually consult
each other. The Government of India were asked if they agreed
to the above.
The Government of India replied on the 19th saying that they
had consulted the Commander-in-Chief in India who regretted
that, for the following reasons, he could not agree. He still
doubted Sir Percy Sykes' military qualifications, while the
Foreign Office proposal, which apparently did not emanate
from the War Cabinet, involved dual control, as it would make
India responsible for the tactical and administrative efficiency
of the force without the deciding voice in its employment.
As he regarded the South Persia Rifles as practically a military
organisation, it should, like other forces, be under one control.
Mutual consultation with the Legation was apt to result in
confusion and delay, and he still adhered to his previous
recommendation. The Government of India agreed generally
with the Commander-in-Chief, but they realised that, in
existing circumstances, H.M. Government might be disinclined
to place the proposed General Officer Commanding in supreme
control, both political and military, of South Persia. If so,
they themselves would prefer to adhere to the existing arrange
ment whereby they were merely responsible for personnel,
material and audit. Unless they were invested with full
authority to decide the purposes for which the force was
to be used beyond mere police duties, subject always to the
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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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