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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [‎157v] (319/566)

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
276
East Persia; estimated that he might require further reinforcement, the
January m iiitary authorities in India got ready four more squadrons of
I9l8 ‘ cavalry and some administrative units to send him if necessary,
At the same time the British consul in Seistan was directed
to enlist 700 more men in the local Levy Corps *
On the 4th January, 1918, 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. , at the instance of
the War Office, asked if the Government of India considered it
practicable to despatch a mission to Turkestan similar to the
Dunsterville Mission to the Caucasus. At this time it appeared
to H.M. Government that, owing to loss of effective Russian
control and to the Bolsheviks’ policy, the enemy’s determined
efforts to arouse the fanaticism of the Moslem population of
Turkestan and to excite anti-British hostility were meeting
with considerable success. A Turco-German mission was
believed to be either in Turkestan or on its way there and the
anti-British Moslem movement was spreading to Persia, where
it would greatly encourage and strengthen the extremists'
influence. There was a serious danger that Turkestan, falling
under Turco-German influence, would be made a base for the
despatch of large numbers of enemy emissaries, or even
organised armed bodies, into Persia and Afghanistan. It was
consequently as much in Afghan interests as in our own to
prevent such action.
A few days later Colonel Redl reported from Meshed that for
the moment the Turkestan Moslems seemed to be mainly
concerned for their own lives and property and that, though
the local Moslem press was undoubtedly anti-British, he had
received no definite information regarding a Turco-German
mission. On receipt of this report, the Government of India
informed 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 they deprecated the despatch of
a mission to Turkestan for the moment, though preliminary
preparations to send one seemed advisable. Their information
regarding the situation there was incomplete, but there appeared
to be no kind of Government to which a mission would be
helpful as well as useful to us. It would also seem desirable
that the mission should be sent in answer to a definite request,
and even then the difficult communications would preclude
effective military support to it or its proper maintenance.
By the 8 th January Colonel Dale had extended his l ^ 6
northward as far as Kain, by the 13th up to Rui Khaf, a ndon
* This brought the total to 1,700. Composed of Seistanis, Baluchis,
and Hazaras, they were in future to be organised in three wings w 1 ,
headquarters at Seistan, Kain and Meshed (or Turbat-i-Haidari) res P e f ^
In addition to a British commandant, adjutant and quartermaster
whole corps, there were to be two British officers with each wing.

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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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