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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [185r] (374/566)
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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CHAOS IN TURKESTAN
321
through Afghanistan as too remote to justify a costly and
questionable enterprise. The authorities in India still persisted,
however, and at the end of May H.M. Government, though not
satisfied of the need for the extension, sanctioned a preliminary
reconnaissance for it.
Reports from Turkestan, where the Bolsheviks were appar
ently still in power, continued to depict the situation as chaotic.
Famine was widespread and the European prisoners of war
seemed to be suffering much from semi-starvation, against
which the German agents, who were said to be very active,
were apparently impotent to help them. The Bolsheviks,
assisted by Austro-Hungarian prisoners of war, had, it was
reported, defeated Dutoff and his Cossacks near Tashkend, but
appeared to be having trouble in Bokhara, feared Afghan
aggression and were so perturbed at Turkish progress in Trans-
Caucasia that they had sent some assistance there.
At the beginning of May the Commander-in-Chief in India
had deprecated, as premature, the despatch of General Malleson
to Meshed, which the War Office had suggested, and the point
had consequently been left to his discretion. In the meantime,
under instructions from India to explore the possibilities of
blocking a Turco-German advance along the Trans-Caspian
railway, Colonel Redl had got into touch with an Armenian
committee at Askabad, who met his advance with cordiality.
Throughout June the situation in Persia reflected generally Persian
the opinion held by many of the country's leading men that, and
pending the issue of the German military effort in France, poHcy;
inaction was their best policy. It is not surprising that, on ist-aoth
the 11th June, Samsam-es-Sultaneh was called on to form a J unei 9 i 8 .
new Cabinet by the Shah, who may, as was alleged, have been
influenced by bribes and by our refusal to subsidise him. For,
even a much stronger man than he was might well have hesi
tated to appoint the Anglophile Vossuk-ud-Daula in face of
the existing circumstances. The Germans, having gained
control of the Black Sea, had opened the road to the Caucasus,
where, with the sole exception of the Armenians, the inhabitants
were either pro-German or pro-Turkish ; and the Turks appeared
to have both Persian and Russian Azerbaijan at their mercy.
On the other hand, the British, in spite of their declared inten
tion to use military force, had not only sent very few troops
into North-West Persia but had started to raise Persian levies,
whose military value no Persian believed in. Moreover,
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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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