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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [217v] (439/566)
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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384
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
British and hope of remaining some time in office and of making progress
Persian our j 0 j n t interests, once we had given him what he desired
October 1918! to strengthen his position. Sir Percy Cox also agreed that we
could afford to defer the question of foreign officers and felt
that he migh t be able to persuade the Cabinet to drop the
proposal for the time being if he could convince them of our
friendly intentions regarding the South Persia Rifles. But, in
order to dispel public mistrust, there should be no hesitation
in meeting their wishes regarding the Ears Brigade of the South
Persia Rifles, whose very name was anathema among Persians.
In fact, for them the crucial test of our friendly intentions was
our attitude towards the force, for which, according to Sir
Percy Cox, no one among our own officers had a good word to
say. He, therefore, urged strongly that he should be authorised
to agree to the announcement regarding its transfer to Farman
Farman, subject to the safeguards mentioned in his telegram of
the 1st October and to the desired formal assurances regarding
the appointment of future Governors-General of Pars. He
anticipated little difficulty in obtaining this, and he said that
an excellent impression had been caused by the prompt and
explicit British assurances regarding Persian Azerbaijan.
In the meantime, reliable information which had been ob
tained regarding German and Turkish intentions in the Caucasus
showed that it would be necessary for the Allies to retain some
form of control there after peace was declared. Germany,
dpairing to placate American sentiment, was apparently agreeing
to evacuate the country, but was actually intriguing for a protest
by the Georgian authorities against a total German withdrawal.
Enver, foreseeing that the Turks would be forced to withdraw
from Azerbaijan, was arranging for his father, Nuri, Halil,
many Turkish officers and a Turkish division to remain on there,
after peace was declared, in the guise of subjects of n ® w
State. Germany objected to this plan and wished to abide y
the terms of the Brest-Litovsk treaty, but, in spite of reports
to the contrary, she had no real power to prevent it, an
Committee of Union and Progress still dominated the situa 10
at Constantinople. ,
Situation in In Persian Azerbaijan by the end of October the a van
North-West Xurkish detachments which had pushed south-eastwar ro
Caspian* end Tabriz were all retiring ; Ardebil had been evacuated soon a
of October the Turkish project of an advance on Enzelihad been a ban >
I 9 lS - an( i a Turkish evacuation of Persia had, it was unders 0 ,
* Nuri and Halil were near relatives of Enver.
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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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