'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [155v] (315/566)
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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272
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
British but a pro-German minority and that it deserved encouragement
January Sir Charles Marling, who was at this time himself making special
J 1918 . efforts to win over the moderate section of the Democrat party
at once instructed Colonel Kennion to cultivate good relations
with the Democrats as far as possible. The Government of
India went further and suggested to H.M. Government that
in view of this Kermanshah offer, they should reconsider their
policy of sending troops from Mesopotamia, whence a really
adequate force could not be made available for the time being,
But—H.M. Government having decided that it was necessary
to prevent the German and Turkish Missions and other enemy
parties from reaching Tehran and to ensure the safe passage
through Persia of the Dunsterville Mission, as well as to rally
the loyalists among the Russian troops at Kermanshah—the
Chief of the Imperial General Staff had already requested
General Marshall to despatch into Persia some British mounted
troops and armoured cars. The Government of India were
accordingly informed by 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.
that the Foreign Office
had every reason to question the grounds for the apparent
change of policy of the Kermanshah Democrats, and that in
all the circumstances a negative policy could scarcely be justified,
Sir Charles Marling’s efforts to win over the moderate section
of the Democrats made good progress. On the 8 th January
he reported the formation of a new Cabinet under one of that
section, Mustaufi-ul-Mamalik, as a step in the right direction;
especially as Mustaufi-ul-Mamalik appeared to be prepared to
co-operate with us on terms which were well within the limits
H.M. Government had already agreed to. In reply, on the
15th January, the Foreign Office said that H.M. Government
would give this Cabinet the same assurances they had been
ready to give Vossuk-ud-Daula, it being clearly understood that
the South Persia Rifles under British officers should be main
tained till the end of war and that British financial assistance
would automatically cease in case of any unfriendliness on the
part of the Persian Government.
Mustaufi-ul-Mamalik, however, experienced great difficulty
in forming a Ministry, and the Cabinet with which he took over
office on the 19th January was of such a weak composition that
it seemed unlikely to last long. Three days previously Sir
Charles Marling had reported his views on the situation
Although he had frankly pointed out to them, he said, that
Persia's failure to protect herself or us against enemy offo r s
might oblige us in future to take self-defensive measures sue
as in the past had been stigmatised as unfriendly and aggressive/
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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.
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