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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [219r] (442/566)
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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BAKU
387
The War Office at once informed General Marshall that Preparations
importance was attached to an early occupation of Baku and they B a ££ cupy
asked if he could arrange for it to be carried out from Enzeli.
Our previous information and suspicions regarding Turkish
intentions were further confirmed by the announcement, by
Nuri at Baku on the 1st November, that all ranks of the Turkish
forces in Azerbaijan would be regarded in future as in the
service of that republic and not of Turkey; and he himself
assumed the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Azerbaijan
army. Under this pretext of serving a separate State the
Turkish forces continued their operations against the Russians
and Armenians at Petrovsk, which Bicharakoff consequently
prepared to evacuate. On the 3rd November General Marshall
informed the War Office that four armed ships were leaving
Enzeli that day for Petrovsk to explain our intentions to
Bicharakoff, to come to an arrangement with him regarding
control of the Caspian and to invite him to come to Baku with
his Cossacks; as his arrival there with us would, it was
considered, help to dispel any distrust which the local
inhabitants might feel regarding our intentions. In the mean
time, General Marshall would concentrate troops of the 39th
Infantry Brigade at Enzeli in anticipation of the move to Baku.
The Germans were reported to have a small mission at Baku
and some seven battalions with a few batteries in Georgia,
where they desired, for economic reasons, to remain as long as
possible. But, as their communications were endangered by
recent events, it was obvious that they would soon have to
retire.
On learning the terms of the Armistice, the Persian Govern- British and
ment requested Sir Percy Cox to express to H.M. Government p®^ 1 ?
their high appreciation of Great Britain's friendly action in ist-nth
making the evacuation of Azerbaijan one of the conditions of November
peace. This he did on the 6 th November.
Three days previously he had reported to the Foreign Office
that Persia's claim to be directly represented at the Peace
Conference would be the first question to be mooted. She based
this claim, (i) on the fact that her soil had been used as a field
of warlike operations by four of the belligerents, a factor which
was not present in the case of any other neutral, and (ii) on the
point that the damage which Persia had suffered from the
presence of foreign troops, and especially from the depreda
tions by Russians and Turks, had been very severe and probably
heavier than that which any other neutral had suffered. Sir
Percy suggested that it might be expedient for us to act as her
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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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