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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [150v] (305/566)
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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OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
Punitive The hostility of the Democrats to the South Persia Rifles had
OP 6 ^? 118 been evidenced for some time past by the constant atternDfc
7 Mission* ^ey made to excite disaffection in the Persian ranks; and
Sept.-Oct. their efforts, backed up by the active support of some fanatical
(See Map 8 7 ) muttahs and the continued refusal of the Persian Government
’ to recognise the force, were the reasons which Farman Farina
gave for deprecating any great activity against robber tribes
by the forces under Sir Percy Sykes. There was ground for
supposing, however, that Farman Farma's real reasons were
of a more personal nature. It was also felt by Sir Percy Sykes
that both Saulat and Qawam, realising that the establishment
of law and order was bound to lessen their own power and
influence, were at heart hostile to the Sykes Mission. They
recognised, however, that for the time being it was in their own
interests to maintain friendship with us, while we, on our part,
realised that they would be unlikely to help us out of any
difficulty. Nevertheless, on the 26th August Sir Percy Sykes
telegraphed to Sir Charles Marling and urged the necessity for
punishing the robber tribes who had been guilty of a long series
of depredations on the Kerman-Yezd, Shiraz-Isfahan and
Shiraz-Saidabad roads. For this purpose he proposed to
despatch mixed columns of Indian and South Persia Rifles
troops into the area which extended for about one hundred
miles north of the line Saidabad-Niraz-Shiraz. This proposal
was sanctioned by the British Minister.
The first tribe to be dealt with was the Lashanis, who
inhabited the country between Niriz and Arsinjan, immediately
to the north of Lake Niriz. Farman Farma had received orders
in^ the spring from the Minister of the Interior to punish this
tribe, but, for a variety of reasons, had postponed doing so.
In July and August 1917, however, the Lashanis started a fresh
raiding campaign which they seemed determined to continue.
The available information concerning them and their country
was meagre, but, by means of agents sent out in August, Sir
Percy Sykes staff managed to collect a good deal of valuable
intelligence. Supply depots were formed at Qawwamabad and
Niriz; and by the 19th September a small column was con
centrated at each of these places. That at Qawwamabad, termed
the Dehbid Column, was commanded by Major R. S. Rothwell
and consisted of one squadron Burma Mounted Infantry, the
section 23rd Mountain Battery, 250 rifles and machine gun
section 3/124th Baluchis, an improvised pioneer section, one
troop South Persia Rifles cavalry, one section No. 162 Indian
Field Ambulance, and transport details. The Niriz Column
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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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