ملف ٥٢٥٧\١٩١٩ "بلاد فارس: اللجنة العسكرية" [و‎‎٣‎٤] (٥٣٤/٧٢)

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Contents.
Chapter.
1. Externa] and Internal Dangers ..
II. Existing Armed Forces of Persia
III. Military Institutions and Laws ..
IV. Existing Communication and Fertility of the Country
V. Financial Position as affecting the Army ..
VI and VII. (Printed as separate document with the Confidential Supplement).
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Fighting Strength of Principal Tribes
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Courts-Martial
War Office Organisation
Area Command Organisation
Infantry Establishment
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Chapter I.
THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL DANGERS WHICH PERSIA’S
ARMED FORCES SHOULD BE DESIGNED TO MEET.
(A.) The External Dangers.
1. General .—In considering the external dangers to which the frontiers of
Persia are liable, the Commission have regarded the situation which it is anticipated
will arise when the present crisis has passed off. The present situation, due to the
Russian revolution and other causes, is an abnormal one, which is being met in an
abnormal manner, i.e., by the presence of foreign troops in the country. The
conditions with which the Commission deal are those which will arise when Persia s
armed forces are in a condition to guard her frontiers without the aid of foreign
troops, and the latter are withdrawn. • . .
2. Division of Frontiers .—The different portions of the Persian frontier which
need consideration are the following :—
{a) The Eastern frontier adjoining Afghanistan.
(b.) The North-Eastern frontier adjoining Transcaspia,
(c) The Persian shores of the Caspian Sea.
(d.) The North-Western frontier adjoining the Caucasus.
(e.) The Western frontier adjoining Kurdistan.
3. Eastern Frontier.—U hostilities broke out between Persia and Afghanistan,
the number of troops which the Afghans could throw on Persia s Eastern frontier
would depend on the extent to which Afghanistan felt other parts of her own
frontiers to be safe. In view of the relations now existing between I ersia and the
British Empire, it cannot be considered that Afghanistan would be permitted wi n
impunity to throw all her available forces on to the Persian Eastern frontier, feuc
an attempt would bring British troops from India on to the Afghan frontier, and e
Afghans would be compelled to keep the greater part of their available orces^near
the Indian frontier. In these circumstances the Commission are of opinion a i is
improbable Afghanistan could bring more than 5,000 men with which to a ack
Persia’s Eastern frontier. They would not have many guns fit for use with a moving
force, and they would probably be badly supplied with munitions.
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