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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [183r] (370/566)
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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TREACHERY AT KHAN-I-ZINIAN
317
The long day's operations were a stiff trial for the young
Indian soldiers who formed a great proportion of the column ;
but they stood the test well * .
In the early morning of the 26th May the Burma Mounted
Rifles and a section of mountain guns advanced south-east
from the camp for about three miles, many groups of mounted
Qashqais emerging in flight from the various villages before
them. No other signs of the enemy being seen, they then
returned to camp and the whole column moved to Deh Shaikh,
where it arrived about 2 p.m.
Here it was learned from a group of refugee South Persia Mutiny at
Rifles that Captain Will and Sergeant Coomber had been Tinian*”
treacherously murdered the previous day by the South Persia 2 5 th a May
Rifles garrison of the Khan-i-Zinian post, which had then been 1918 .
surrendered to Qashqais and Kazerunis. Colonel Orton issued
orders for an advance next day to Khan-i-Zinian and sent
Colonel Grant in to Shiraz for explosives which might be
required to blow in the gate of the post.
Returning the same evening, Colonel Grant reported that the
situation at Shiraz was bad. The Democrats were exploiting
the Khan-i-Zinian disaster as a Qashqai victory and, as no
one believed that Saulat had been defeated, were giving out that
he had really surrounded the British column and prevented its
return to Shiraz. The South Persia Rifles at Shiraz were in a
nervous state. Colonel Orton, although he realised the
desirability of striking a blow against the enemy at and around
Khan-i-Zinian, finally decided that, in view of the danger
constituted by the continued absence from Shiraz of the column
of Indian troops, he must leave Khan-i-Zinian alone for the time
being. The column consequently returned to Shiraz on the
27th May, taking with it the South Persia Rifles garrison of the
Deh Shaikh post.
On that and the previous day, in telegrams to India describing Shiraz;
the situation as serious, Sir Percy Sykes said that there was a ?f th "~ 3IS o
widespread plot against us and that strong fanatical feeling had ay 191
been aroused. Saulat was definitely committed, and in spite
of Ws defeat would be so encouraged by the Khan-i-Zinian
affair that he might soon assemble another force. , The South
In these and the subsequent operations the mobility of the Indian
oop s at Shiraz gained greatly by the employment of the Shiraz South
24ftU? '^' u l e C° r P s > whose fifteen-hand mules each carried a load of
owin« + ex P ei “t Persian muleteers were a source of some anxiety
pcmr? t0 n f rv ousness. But they were given extra pay and special
fnr+h S to watch them, with the result that they gave no
er rouble and displayed faithfulness and gallantry in the field.
(27782)
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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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