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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [244v] (495/566)
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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432
OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
Trans- region east of the Black Sea.” Their interpretation, based on
December °f t ^ ie British military operations to the Merv
eCe i 9 i 8 . area, had been that it was not, and General Malleson had been
hitherto instructed accordingly.
On the same day in London the Eastern Committee discussed
the situation in Trans-Caspia, which was evidently critical.
The Government of India had not yet expressed their views
either as to the amount of the lump sum to be given the Trans-
Caspian Government or whether it was worth while bolstering
up that Government. The Committee decided that £100,000
should be given to meet immediate necessities, but without
necessarily implying that a further sum would be given, and
also that the Government of India should be requested to reply
to the above questions. This decision was notified to India by
the
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.
in a telegram sent on the 7th December, which
said that, in addition to the five million roubles for rations and
two million roubles sent from Baku, H.M. Government were
prepared to give the Trans-Caspian Government £100,000 in
Persian currency, but could not undertake to go beyond that
sum. At the same time the Government of India were requested
to give their views regarding the importance, from the Indian
standpoint, of maintaining General Malleson’s force in Trans-
Caspia and also regarding the tenability of his position if the
Trans-Caspian Government collapsed.
This telegram crossed one sent by the Government of India
on the same day replying to the
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.
questions of the
29th November and elicited a further reply sent by the Govern
ment of India on the 10th December. In these two telegrams
the situation was reviewed fully and the Government of India,
pointing out that they were without necessary knowledge of
the future policy towards Russia which H.M. Government
proposed to follow, tendered such advice as their available
information permitted. The British Government’s financial
decision as intimated in the telegram of 7th December might
certainly, in the opinion of the Government of India, cause the
collapse of the Trans-Caspian Goverment, as their only hope of
paying their way was to obtain revenue by the sale of raw
materials and to attract the support of the orderly and well-to-
do elements in the country. For this they desired to gain
Tashkend, but it seemed doubtful if they could succeed. The
Government of India agreed with General Malleson that with a
limited increase of force he could disregard popular distur
bances and also that a withdrawal from Merv might lead to a
Bolshevik advance or to fraternisation between Trans-Caspians
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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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