'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [‎141v] (287/566)

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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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OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
Operations of
On the 1 st June, the Indian
troops of the Sykes Missi™
the Sykes
Mission ;
June-July
were distributed as follows :—
Sabres. Rifles. Guns.
1917 .
Shiraz :—
15th Lancers ..
146 — _
23rd Mountain Battery
— — 2
16th Rajputs ..
— 539 —
3/124th Baluchis
Saidabad :—
— 18 —
16th Rajputs ..
— 78 —
Burma Mounted Infantry
On convoy duty between
Saidabad and Shiraz or
Bandar Abbas :—
— 110 —
16th Rajputs ..
En route to Dehbid :—
— 233
3/124th Baluchis
395~) They reached
Burma Mounted Infan
> Dehbid on the
try
— 123J 5th June.
The South Persia Rifles totalled about 4,450 Persian
combatant rank and file. Of this total, the 2,500 belonging to
the Ears Brigade were now nearly all concentrated at Shiraz, with
a detachment at Abadeh. Of the 1,300 belonging to the Kerman
Brigade, the bulk were at Kerman with a detachment at
Saidabad, and there were 650 in the Bandar Abbas battalion.
During June, Sir Percy Sykes, travelling in the two motor
cars which had successfuly crossed the desert from East Persia,
visited Tehran and was received by the Shah.
Ever since Nasir-ud-Din's death brigandage had been
prevalent and, by the insecurity to life and property which it
caused, had brought about great misery and poverty in the
land. Certain nomad tribes were by this time living mainly
by robbery and their power had so increased that, unless
checked, it must soon deprive the ordinary villagers of all their
possessions in favour of the tribesmen, who also blackmailed
the great landowners. Neither the central nor the provincial
Governments had taken any adequate action to cope with this
evil, which promised to ruin the peasantry and stifle trade;
and even the Swedish-oflicered gendarmerie had never been
sufficiently mobile to exercise effective control. Sir Percy Sykes
proposed to mend matters by undertaking punitive operations
against the offenders, in the first place against those in the
vicinity of the main trade routes. For the time being, this
work was to be carried out mainly by the Indian troops. Some

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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)

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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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Title: 'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919'
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