'Situation in Persia, Vol. I' [‎143r] (289/353)

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This item contains material relating to a review of conditions in Persia [Iran], following the revelation of Turkish plans to invade Persia in order to reach Afghanistan, which would in turn have threatened the British Empire in India. It includes:

• The policies to secure the cooperation of the Persian Government, as well as Isma’il Khan Qashqa’i Sawlat al-Dawlah, Ibrahim Khan Qavam al-Mulk Shirazi, and ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
• The proposals to secure the recognition of the South Persia Rifles by the Persian Government
• The receipt and dissemination of intelligence about Persia relayed to Britain and India
• The maintenance of communications with the Caucasus through the Kermanshah-Enzeli [Anzali] Road
• The capture of Prince Sulayman Mirza Iskandari of the Firqah-yi Democrat [Democratic Party]
• The prevention of Ottoman and German intelligence operatives from crossing into western Persia
• The resignation of the Commander of the Persian Cossack Brigade, Colonel Georgii Josifovich Klerzhe
• A message from Mirza Kuchak Khan's Jangali Movement that the passage of British officers led by General Lionel Dunsterville through Persia to Tiflis [Tblisi] would be 'contrary to the independence of Persia, [and] they will consider themselves justified in taking any measures to frustrate it'
• The protection of the Kermanshah-Hamadan and Shiraz-Isfahan roads and the British Legation in Tehran
• The circulation of anti-British Jangali telegrams condemning the arrest of Sulayman Mirza Iskandari
• The threat of a combined force of Jangalis and Bolsheviks reportedly marching on Kasvin [Qazvin]
• The provision of support to General Dunsterville through seizing the Qasr-i Shirin-Kermanshah Road
• The discussion of 'sweep operations' between Mirza Kuchak Khan and the Anzali Bolshevik Committee
• The consultations between Commander-in-Chief, India and the head of the South Persia Rifles, Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes
• The plans for controlling the road extending from the Ottoman frontier to Northeast Persia
• The zone of operations allocated to the Commander-in-Chief of British forces in Mesopotamia, General William Raine Marshall, and his relations with the British Minister at Tehran, Charles Marling
• The position and action to be taken by General Dunsterville after General Marshall's operations
• And the proposal of Sykes (relayed by Commander-in-Chief, India General Charles Carmichael Monro) for Indian troops to advance to Isfahan, where they were to form an additional brigade of the South Persia Rifles.

Also included are the following:

• 'A Sketch Map of Persia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. '', showing the Khanikin [Khanaqin]-Hamadan Road
• 'A Skeleton Map of Persia', showing the three Chains for the Receipt and Dissemination of Intelligence about Persia
• 'A Skeleton Map of Persia', showing three Possible Routes for the Advance of Turkish Forces through Persia to Afghanistan.

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