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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [‎247r] (500/566)

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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T RAN S-C ASPIA
437
disturbers of the peace, carry out a partial disarmament of the
people, arrest and deport Bolshevik agitators, guard railway
stations, telegraph offices, banks, etc., threaten to try deserters,
and pay the railway workers. As events were moving fast, he
said in conclusion, a very early reply was essential.
In repeating this telegram to London on the 31st December,
the Government of India pointed out that the twofold objects
desired could not be achieved without either a definite offer of
larger financial support than H.M. Government contemplated or
the intervention of armed force. Such intervention would make
us morally responsible for the maintenance of law and order and
would involve us in much heavier financial and military com
mitments than those which we already experienced difficulty in
meeting. If financial support still presented insuperable
difficulties and unless we were prepared to let General Malleson
take the action he proposed, we should, considered the Govern
ment of India, instruct him to concentrate his troops on the
Persian border so as to protect Khurasan and to be in a position
to advance on the railway if necessary.
At this time, when General Beatty and his staff were on the
way to Askabad, the troops of the Malleson Mission were dis
tributed as follows :—
Merv Area 8
Askabad
Meshed
’Headquarters and one section 44th Battery,R.F.A.
One company l/4th Hampshire Regiment.
Two squadrons 28th Light Cavalry.
l/19th Punjabis (less one company).
One company 9th Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
One squadron 28th Light Cavalry.
One company l/19th Punjabis.
J One squadron 28th Light Cavalry.
\Details l/19th Punjabis.
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. telegram of the 24th December on
the 31st, General Malleson amplified his report of the 30th.
Instability at the front, a perpetual Bolshevik menace in the
rear and lack of money to pay workmen and soldiers were the
main evils. Turkomans formed 75 per cent, of the population
but could not be armed owing to Russian jealousy ; the Russians
themselves were generally lazy, worthless and cowardly , and
the Armenians, thousands of whom were armed, were treach
erous, unreliable and constantly intriguing. On the other hand,
the situation of the Taskhend Bolsheviks was precarious. The
first thing to do in his opinion was to restore military and
political stability ; and the only real way to do this was to drive

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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).

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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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