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The record is made up of 1 volume (266 folios). It was created in 1927. 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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172 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
that Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. was mainly occupied in forming a Turco-
Tartar Islamic army for operations in south-eastern Caucasia
and northern Persia. The movement via Urmia was checked
by the gallant and stubborn opposition of the Jelus (helped by
some Armenians), who, though isolated without support and
short of ammunition, inflicted a serious defeat on parts of the
Turkish 5th and 6 th Divisions in this region in the middle of
May.
At Baku the Social Revolutionary Party, with more moderate
ideas than the Bolsheviks and favouring British assistance,
seemed to be gaining in power. The Bolsheviks, too, alarmed
by the progress of the German and Pan-Turkish schemes,
declared themselves hostile to the Jangalis and invited Bichara-
koff, who with 400 Russians and a British armoured car was
still at Kazvin, to deal with the Jangalis and take command of
the Baku-Gilan front. Bicharakoff agreed, but stipulated for
British assistance ; and to this the Bolsheviks gave a grudging
and partial assent.
On the 11th May General Dunsterville telegraphed to Baghdad
that he was convinced that an attempt could be successfully
made to occupy Baku and control the Caspian* and that
Bicharakoff was willing to try. But, as General Dunsterville
had no troops to replace his,t Bicharakoff could not be spared
from Kazvin ; and it was impossible to say how long the
opportunity would remain open.
On the 12th General Dunsterville left Hamadan to pay
short visits to Kazvin and Tehran. After meeting Bicharakoff
at Kazvin, General Dunsterville reported that they both
agreed that it was in our mutual interests to hold the Kazvin-
Enzeli road, control the Caspian and free Bicharakoff to under
take operations in the Caucasus. But British assistance would
be necessary. After seeing Sir Charles Marling at Tehran,
General Dunsterville arrived back at Hamadan on the 18th
May. On the 21st he heard from Colonel Clutterbuck (British
liaison officer with Bicharakoff) that, in the opinion of Bichara
koff, news he had received showed that the situation demanded
immediate action. The Germans were advancing on Northern
Caucasia and Astrakhan, and the British would be welcomed
* The Caspian fleet of five gunboats was at Baku, manned by armed merchant
crews, who could be bought. . . .. f
t The squadron 14th Hussars from Hamadan had reached the vicinity oi
Kazvin on the 7th May ; and there only remained at Hamadan, besi es
special duty officers and men of the Mission, three armoured cars and a pia
of the l/4th Hampshire Regiment.

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The volume is the fourth volume of an official government publication compiled at the request of the Government of India, and under the direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, by Brigadier-General Frederick James Moberly. The volume was printed and published at His Majesty's Stationery Office, London.

The contents provide a narrative of the operations of 1914-1918 in Mesopotamia, based mainly on official documents.

The volume is in one part, entitled, 'Part V. The Campaign in Upper Mesopotamia, 1917-1918 - North-West Persia and the Caspian, 1918', and consists of the following ten chapters:

  • May, June and July 1917
  • August and September 1917: The Capture of Ramadi
  • October to December 1917 - Occupation of the Jabal Hamrin, Action of Tikrit and Death of General Maude
  • January to March 1918: Dunsterville's Mission and the Action of Khan Baghdadi
  • April and May 1918: Operations in Kurdistan and Arrangements to Counter the Turco-German Threat beyond our Northern Flank
  • British Plans to Stop the Enemy's Advance into Persia and to Obtain Control of the Caspian
  • The Fall of Baku
  • British Advance up the Tigris: Actions of Fat-Ha Gorge and on the Little Zab
  • The Battle of Sharqat and the Armistice
  • Conclusion

The volume also includes fourteen maps, entitled:

  • The Middle East
  • Mesopotamia
  • Map 34 - Operations near Ramadi: July and September 1917
  • Map 35 - Operations in the Jabal Hamrin: October and December 1917
  • Map 36 - Actions at Daur and Tikrit: 2nd and 5th November 1917
  • Map 37 - Operations on the Euphrates line: March 1918
  • Map 38 - Action of Khan Baghdadi: 26th March 1918
  • Map 39 - Operations in the Kifri-Kirkuk area: April and May 1918
  • Map 40 - The Cavalry affair of the 27th April 1918, and the action of Tuz Khurmatli, 29th April 1918
  • Map 41 - Operations of "Dunsterforce", 1918
  • Map 42 - Operations at Baku, August-September 1918
  • Map 43 - Operations on the Tigris: 18th-30th October 1918
  • Map 44 - Action by 7th Cavalry Brigade near Hadraniya: 29th October 1918
  • Map 45 - Battle of Sharqat, 29th October 1918
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1 volume (266 folios)
Arrangement

The volume contains a preface (folios 5-6), a chronological summary of the campaign in Mesopotamia (folios 7-8), a list of contents (folios 8-11), a list of maps and illustrations (folios 11-12), appendices (folios 197-232), an index (folios 233-254), and twelve maps in a pocket attached to the inside back cover (folios 256-267).

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 268; 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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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.'
Pages
front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:186v, 188r:255v, back-i
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