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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [190r] (384/566)
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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THE CRISIS OVER
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Next day, however, Sir Percy Sykes telegraphed that orders,
issued the previous day in the city by mullahs and Democrats
to plunder the houses and property of the South Persia Rifles
and of all civilians who had worked for the British, had in
several cases been carried out, with the result that Persian
ranks of the South Persia Rifles had become infuriated with
the populace and that Farman Farma had concurred in the
necessity for military measures in the city. Consequently,
during the night, key positions there had been occupied by
detachments of the South Persia Rifles ; and early on the 18th,
a company of Indian infantry had occupied the south-west
gate—the eastern portion of the city having been already
occupied by Qawam’s Arabs—and about twelve of the most
prominent Democrat agitators had been arrested.
The tranquillising effect of these measures was immediate and,
although the telegraph line was cut on the 19th and was not
restored for some weeks, this did not matter much as the crisis
was really over. The losses suffered by the tribesmen in the
fight on the 16th had not only upset Saulat’s plan to attack on
the 17th June, but had so discouraged him that he was afraid
to think of another attack. In the city a sudden reaction set
in and, recalling their sufferings from the loss of their water
supply, the populace began freely to revile Saulat and the
tribesmen.
To obviate the chance of the enemy obtaining even a slight
success at a time when the tide was turning against him, the
garrison was withdrawn from Afifabad on the 20th June ; and
though it was occupied by Kazerunis on the 21st, they were
promptly shelled out of it next day.
The tasks for which British troops in North-West Persia had British
jdi» been asked for by Sir Charles Marling and General Dunsterville P ohc y;
wko W had recently so multiplied that the War Office found it necessary June ^ 918 .
1 #; on the 22nd June to instruct the British military attache at
steW Tehran to explain, to Sir Charles Marling, the technical diffi-
lin 011 1 ’ culties of maintaining and supplying forces there,
werefc On the 24th June the Eastern Committee of the War Cabinet
and 5^ h a d a long discussion on the situation in Persia. A policy of
tor# conciliation, as advocated by India, and of giving up the South
G oV er# Persia Rifles was tempting. But it had obvious disadvantages.
[reads'"i . or ^ was impossible for Persia to pay the force if we handed
0 tl?! ^ over or to guarantee its good conduct if we relinquished
control. The possibility of forming an alliance with Persia
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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.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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