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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [197v] (399/566)
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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344
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
had just been transferred to them—they considered that they
should also have a voice in the direction of Tehran policy. For
Tehran was Persia's political centre, and the Persian Govern
ment, in spite of their material weakness, exercised a surprising
authority throughout the country. PI.M. Government were not
prepared to delegate political control of Tehran to the Govern
ment of India. But by the 19th July it had been decided to
summon Sir Charles Marling to a consultation in London;
and on that date the Government of India were asked if, during
his absence, Sir Percy Cox, who was an officer of the Indian
Political Department, could be spared from Mesopotamia to
act temporarily in charge of the British Legation at Tehran.
The Caucasus At this time there was little danger of any serious enemy
North West o: ^ ens i ve either in Palestine or in Mesopotamia. A German
Persia; offensive in Champagne had just failed ; a recent change in the
July 1918. Bulgarian Government had altered the situation in the Balkans
to Allied advantage ; and unless the Turks abandoned their
ambitions in the Caucasus they had few troops to spare for
operations elsewhere. Their progress towards Baku continued,
though it was evidently being hampered by German opposition
to their plans. This was fortunate, as the only effective military
opposition they encountered was from Bicharakoff's men, who
had sailed from Enzeli on the 3rd July. All reports seemed to
show that the Bolshevik power was waning, that the various
separatist movements in Russia were gaining ground, and that
the Bolshevik leaders were in open alliance with the Germans.
The reinforcements from Mesopotamia had begun to reach
Hamadan, small British detachments had occupied thinly the
road to Enzeli, and preparations were in hand to send naval
detachments with guns to gain a footing on the Caspian. But the
absolute refusal of the Bolsheviks at Enzeli and Baku to accept
British assistance stood in the way of our sending even a small
force to Baku or of obtaining possession of Caspian shipping-
We had recently opened communication with the Jelus at
Urmia, and had made arrangements to supply them with
ammunition and to send a few officers and non-commissioned
officers to assist them in their fine resistance to the Turks. To
attempt more was neither easy nor considered advisable, as it
might precipitate an attack on them by the two or more Turkish
divisions in the Tabriz area.
British On the 19th July, owing to news that Baku might shoitly
°of U Baku r : re( l^ es t British assistance. General Dunsterville (who was
4 th August paying a short visit to Baghdad) was authorised to send there
I918 * one or two British infantry battalions, a field battery and some
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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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