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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [‎263r] (532/566)

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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POLICY
469
otlijij. One of the difficulties foreseen and proved to some extent
to be correct in carrying out the negotiations which then
^ commenced was the danger that the Persian delegates to the
to*; Peace Conference would submit proposals or ask for decisions
which were inconsistent with those we were ourselves discussing
with the Persian Government. These delegates, on their arrival
% ia Paris, issued a statement of the Persian case, but as the Peace
■ tk Conference, realising that parts of this statement were obviously
)e no concern of theirs, showed no inclination to admit them, the
hftisiye Persian representatives gradually realised that they must have
alr^ recourse to Great Britain.
i, ' For some weeks the negotiations at Tehran were interrupted
no!fc by the request of the Shah to H.M. Government to afford him
r Percy facilities and assistance for an immediate visit to Europe, his
faucial apparent object being to secure there his personal savings
Npatly estimated at about a million. To objections that he ought not
fettle to leave his country at such a vital juncture, the Shah replied
itfe to that, while he personally agreed that Great Britain was the only
adkeii Power Persia could rely on to give her much help and was con-
fehi sequently entitled in return to expect privileges, he could not
t iko as a constitutional monarch give formal consent to an agree-
bf ment with Great Britain without the support of the Majlis or
bytk the general approval of his people. Neither of these could be
for tie expected, he said, till the Peace Conference was concluded. He
ugh I suggested, however, that in the meantime the Persian Cabinet
!-M, should cultivate public opinion in the desired direction and that
Mod, he himself, when he reached Paris, should telegraph to the
Caktt Cabinet after he had seen the British representative that, as
a ml the other Powers were not strongly interested, Persia’s best
stole policy was to rely on Great Britain. In an interview which
1 doi) he gave Sir Percy Cox the Shah undertook that, during his
ndoh absence, he would make no change in the Cabinet or in his own
keuske views. Vossuk beheved the Shah to be sincere, and Sir Percy
iseikf Cox accordingly recommended that H.M. Government should
prelf grant his request. Lord Curzon, however, deprecated the
suggestion as, apart from the great danger of intrigues, the
yrapM abnormal conditions still prevailing along the route of travel
i as SI rendered the physical difficulties of the proposed journey con-
ouldk siderable. The Shah, however, persisted and showed himself to
touk be so ready to meet the views of H.M. Government that both
istaiM Vossuk and Sir Percy Cox continued to press the question, if
0 °nly on the grounds of expediency. H.M. Government
^ agreed, but then the Shah suddenly decided that he would not
§°> for the time being at any rate.

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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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