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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [‎155r] (314/566)

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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KERMANSHAH-HAMADAN AREA 271
resignation of Ain-ud-Daula. H.M. Government were thus
forced to the conclusion, based on this refusal coming after their
experience of the past two years, that force was the only thing
which Persians would respect and that, beyond financing the
South Persia Rifles and the Persian Cossack Division, there
seemed little else worth spending British money on.
On the 20th December, General Marshall telegraphed from
Baghdad that, besides being beyond the scope of the mission
laid down for his force, to take over the protection of the
Kermanshah-Hamadan road would involve the employment of
more men than he could spare and, in view of the indifferent
condition of the road itself, would entail considerable supply
difficulties. In this view he was supported by the Chief of the
Imperial General Staff, who referred to the arrangements being
made for the despatch to Trans-Caucasia of the Dunsterville
Mission* and also possibly of some armoured cars to support
or take the place of BaratofFs force.
Some of the most demoralised units of Baratoff’s force had
already been moved out of Persia in the hope of improving the
situation. But a mutinous outbreak at Hamadan amongst those
remaining at this period tended to show that there was really
little hope of improvement.f Sir Charles Marling consequently
persisted in his recommendation that British troops should take
over the protection of the Kermanshah-Hamadan road. They
would soon in any case, he said on the 25th December, be required
to open the way for the Dunsterville Mission. Two days later,
the news that the enemy was trying to obtain a safe passage
through the Caucasus for the return of the German Legation
and Turkish Embassy to Tehran—where their presence might
easily lead to a British rupture with Persia—afforded a further
reason for the presence of British troops in North-West Persia.
On the 31st December, Lieutenant-Colonel Reunion, the British
British consul at Kermanshah, reported that the prospect of policy;
the early Russian departure had induced the Democrats there j^jg # ary
to cease their anti-British agitation and to approach him with
an offer of co-operation on the understanding that we did not
send British troops into the area. Colonel Kennion was of
opinion that the offer represented genuinely the views of all
* For further details regarding this Mission see “ The Campaign in
Mesopotamia,” Volume IV.
f It is relevant to note that, although the Germans and Turks were trying
to arrange for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Persia in accordance
with the armistice terms, German agents in the Diyala region received
instructions at this time to incite the Kurds to attack these troops as they
withdrew.

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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)
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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