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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [‎183v] (371/566)

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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318 OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
Shiraz;
26th-3ist
May 1918.
Rifles were either dis3.ffected or frightened, 3.n(i it would
at the moment be risky to send out any offensive column
composed of the bulk of the Indian troops more than five or
six miles from Shiraz. Sir Percy Sykes considered that in the
near future the Indian troops might be invested and that it
might be necessary for a strong column to march inland from
Bushire. The news of the arrival of reinforcements at Bushire
would, in any case, he said, improve the position at Shiraz.
As the quickest method of affording assistance, General
yfcrghall in Mesopotamia was at once asked by the Chief of the
General Staff in India if he could spare two infantry brigades
with pack transport to move inland from Bushire, and General
Douglas at Bushire was requested to report at once what
administrative preparations there would be required for such
3 ^ movement. General Marshall replied the same day (27th
May) deprecating any further dissipation of the force under
his command and saying that in any case he had not got
anything like the number of pack mules that would be required.
The Commander-in-Chief in India thereupon arranged to divert
to Bushire immediately the 81st Pioneers, 2/113th Infantry
and No. 169 Indian Field Ambulance, then under despatch to
Egypt as well as two sections of an improvised Indian machine
gun company; and he further ordered that two companies
3rd Brahmans should move from Muscat to Bandar Abbas to
secure the base there.
In the meantime, however, Sir Percy Sykes—after consulta
tion with Colonel Orton on his return from Deh Shaikh—natt
telegraphed that, on reconsideration, he thought that an advance
from Bushire would take too long to organise; and he recom
mended instead that a force of two squadrons of cavalry, £
mountain battery and two infantry battalions should e sen
advance on Shiraz from Bandar Abbas. In a previous te eg
he had estimated that Saulat might be able to couec >
well-armed Qashqais* and 1,000 Kazerunis, whom he nug
able to hold together for a month. They had a plentnu s PP
of rifle ammunition and had, besides, captured 60,000 ro
Khan-i-Zinian. Farman Farma, he said, was wor mg ^
with us and Qawam was also on our side. But tno g
latter had provided 700 of his Khamseh tribesmen c p
Shiraz, his character was so weak that he could on y
on as long as things went well. In fact, a cc n m,
the Baharlu, one of the Khamseh tribes, was ng &
Saulat. "
* The total fightmg strength of the Qashqais was calculated at 3

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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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