A strategical study of Persia and the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a strategical study of Persia and the Persian Gulf for the purpose of foreseeing the development of British military and commercial activity in Persia. The volume was prepared by the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India, and printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 volume (73 folios) and a box containing three maps
History of the Great War based on Official Documents: Operations in Persia 1914-1919
Scope & Content:
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 Govern...
Despatch by Brigadier-General Sir P. M. Sykes, K.C.I.E., C.M.G., Inspector-General, South Persia Rifles and Commanding British Mission Escort in Persia on Minor Operations in Southern Persia. From 7th November 1917 to 31st March 1918
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a despatch on minor operations in southern Persia by the South Persia Rifles from 7th November 1917 to 31st March 1918, compiled by Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes, Inspector-General South Persia Rifles and commanding British Mission Escort in Persia, to the Chief of the General ...
The map shows the column movements of the Burma Mounted Infantry and the South Persia Rifles in the region of Saadatabad [Saʻādatābād], Fars, Persia, on 22 January 1918. It is found in the Despatch by Brigadier-General Sir P. M. Sykes, K.C.I.E., C.M.G., Inspector-General, South Persia Rifles and...
MAP SHOWING MOVEMENTS OF COLUMN ON 24th and 27th JANUARY 1918
Scope & Content:
The map shows the column movements of the Burma Mounted Infantry and the South Persia Rifles in the region between Arsinjan [Arsanjān] and Lake Tasht [Daryācheh-ye Ţashk], Fars, Persia, on 24 and 27 January 1918. It is used to accompany the Despatch by Brigadier-General Sir P. M. Sykes, K.C.I.E....
REPORTS ON MINOR OPERATONS IN SOUTH PERSIA UNDER Brigadier-General Sir P. M. Sykes, K.C.I.E, C.M.G., from May to July 1918. GENERAL STAFF INDIA
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of reports on minor military operations in 'South Persia' contained in a despatch from the Inspector General, South Persia Rifles (Percy Molesworth Sykes) to the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, Simla. The reports recount operations against Labu Muhammadis, Cheh...
‘Plan of villages CHAH-HAQ and MIAN DASHT CHAHAR-RAHI PUNITIVE EXPEDITION APRIL, 1918’
Scope & Content:
The map shows a plan prepared for the General Staff India, of the villages Chah-Haq and Mian Dasht which were the target of a ‘punitive attack’ by British military forces in April 1918. The map also gives the location of features such as old garden walls, ruins, graves tower, and the distances t...
The map shows a plan prepared for the General Staff India, of the action at Bulevardi, near Shiraz which weare the target of a ‘punitive attack’ by British military forces in April 1918. The map also gives the location of features such as walls, rivers, villages, rivers, and the routes traversed...
