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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [249r] (504/566)
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
441
penetration of Persia. The Turkomans would start guerilla
warfare and brigandage and possibly a Jahad. Morally, our
prestige would suffer greatly. Already, said General Malleson
our indecision, delay and varied instructions had given rise to
reports that we intended to betray our friends. He was not a
pro-Russian, he continued, as he had found the Russians
inefficient, unstable, dishonest and highly emotional and their
troops undisciplined, cowardly and, for the most part, treach
erous. The Turkomans, on the other hand, appeared to be
kindly, simple and well-disposed towards us. Mahomedan
opinion in Central Asia was, he considered, of great value to us
and he considered it would be deplorable and disastrous if we
withdrew military and financial aid from Trans-Caspia. If the
provision of money was the stumbling block, he was convinced
that he could raise ample for immediate needs by means of
promissoty notes, payable at six or even twelve months date
and bearing no interest.
This telegram reached Delhi on the 9th, when another tele
gram, sent by the War Office on the 7th January to Vladivostok
and repeated to Constantinople, Baghdad and India, was also
received there. The question of Allied policy towards the
Russian problem, it said, was to be considered early at Paris
and the discussion might be prolonged. In the meantime no
active measures could be taken by our troops in North
Russia or in Turkestan. Public feeling in Great Britain
and the Allied countries disliked the presence of small Allied
detachments in Russia, though there was as yet little objection
to sending material assistance. The War Office considered it
imperative to hold the Orenburg front, however, so as to main
tain a possible link between South Russia and Siberia, and to
retain a force between Krasnovodsk and Merv, thus preventing
the enhancement of the strength and material power of the
Bolsheviks.
On the 9th also, the Chief of the General Staff in India, in
repeating to General Malleson 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
8th, authorised him to afford such temporary financial assis
tance as was absolutely necessary to the Trans-Caspian Govern
ment, so as to give time for the meeting between General Milne
and himself.
On the 14th January General Milne reported that except for
maintenance of the troops south of the Askabad-Merv line, he
would assume command next day of General Malleson s force.
General Malleson telegraphed on the 15th January that
General Beatty had just requested permission to move his
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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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