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'History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919' [30v] (65/566)
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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OPERATIONS IN PERSIA
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oc/'Anrintirv bv commercial penetration. German warships
En tle Persian ^gan to 4it the Gulf in 1899 ; “embers of the German firm
Gulf x Wonckhaus, which was a subsidised Government
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
established themselves at various points; various attempts
were made to rent, purchase or seize a site at the head o the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
for a railway terminus ; and the Baghdad Railway
Convention of 1903 brought German activities into special
prominence. In consequence of these different movements,
{.Up British Foreign Secretary made an unequivocal declaration
in the House of Lords in 1903 that H.M. Government would
regard the establishment by any other Power of a naval base
or a fortified port in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
as a very grave menace
to British interests which they would resist with ah the means
at their disposal. In the following winter this declaration
was further affirmed by a visit to the Gulf of the Viceroy of
India (Lord Curzon), escorted by the East India naval
The Con- ^The Russo-Japanese War and the revolution which gained
stitutional a constitution for Russia in 1905 reacted on the situation m
movement, there was great discont ent among all classes
onwards owing to the extravagance of the administration, the ohans
costly foreign tours, the increased customs tariff and its
tactless enforcement by foreign officials, the tyranny of t e
Grand Vizier and provincial governors, and the exploitation o
the country by foreigners. The popular feeling found expression
at Tehran in December 1905 in the movement known as t e
“ First Bast”* In this, priests, merchants, tradesmen and
students took sanctuary in a shrine, where they maintained a
passive resistance by which they brought sufficient pressure
to oblige the Shah to concede their demands, namely t e
dismissal of the Grand Vizier and the foundation of a House
of Justice. It is noteworthy that this movement obtained muc
financial and other support from prominent reactionaries,
including the Crown Prince, whose main incentive was their
personal desire to effect the dismissal of the Grand Vizier.
The Shah, however, took no steps to give effect to ^
promises and the Grand Vizier, taking advantage of a roya
illness, started on a campaign of active repression. This e
in May 1906 to another
bast
(Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location.
, which failed owing to ^
authorities cutting off supplies. In July, however, learning
from the British charge d'affaires that force would not jj
used to expel them, some twelve thousand Persians of a*
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Bast
(Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location.
is the Persian word for sanctuary.
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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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