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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [199r] (402/566)
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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SITUATION IN TRANS-CASPIA
347
of India referred to the uncertainties of the situation in Persia
and said that they would continue their preparations at Bushire
so as to be in a position to advance in October if necessary or
desirable.
At the beginning of July the position in Russian Turkestan East Persia;
and Trans-Caspia was somewhat obscure, but Bolshevik J uly I918 *
dominance appeared to be on the wane. On the 6 th Colonel
Redl at Meshed was visited by a representative of a new anti-
Bolshevik faction, terming themselves “ The Turkestan Union.”
Their objects were to reinstate the Russian Governor-General,
restore order and prevent a Turco-German invasion ; and they
asked for British financial assistance, and also, as an indication
of moral support, the despatch of a British detachment of two
to four hundred men to the Russo-Persian frontier. Colonel Redl
was at once instructed from India to advance this movement up
to two million roubles and to tell General Dale to hold two
hundred men in readiness to move to the frontier from Meshed.
On the 7th July Captain E. D. Jarvis returned to Meshed from
his visit to Trans-Caspia with the opinion that the Bolshevik
leaders there were in Turco-German pay and that they meant
to evacuate the country so as to leave the road to Afghanistan
open. Though Captain Jarvis had heard nothing of the plans
of the Turkestan Union, he considered that such a movement
afforded the only chance of keeping out the enemy; but our
assistance would be indispensable. He had heard, it may be
noted, from all classes in Trans-Caspia, that we were too late
to counter the German plans.
A few days later, on Colonel Redl reporting that the plans
of the Turkestan Union were less advanced than he had been
led to believe, he was told to postpone the departure of the
detachment to the frontier till the arrival of General Malleson.
As regards the role of this detachment, the
India Office
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graphed on the 15th July that it was generally to form a
rallying point for pro-Entente parties in Russian territory and
to render them all possible support and assistance. Its com
mander must be guided as to detail by circumstances and by
the instructions of the Government of India.
On the 17th July General Malleson, who had arrived at
Meshed the previous day, telegraphed summarising the situation
as follows:—
The Bolsheviks, whose power was on the wane, were disliked
by all other classes and, being indifferent to British interests,
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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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