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IOR/L/MIL/17/15/30

Record Id:

040-000799042

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

037-000799011

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000144

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100040166142.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/L/MIL/17/15/30

Title:

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, Chehar Radis and other 'robber tribes' of 'Northern Fars' and against the 'Saulat-ud-Daulah', Il Khani of the Qashqais', and 'Nasr-I-Divan Kalantar of Kazarun'. Many of the reports included were by the Deputy Inspector General, South Persia Rifles (Colonel Ernest Frederick Orton).

There follow individual reports from commanding officers detailing the units involved, topography of the land on which the military operations took place, the villages and tribes attacked, description of military operation, tables of operational logistics and casualties sustained on both sides.

The volume contains 17 maps and plans of the towns and villages attacked in the operations, giving such information as relief, settlement, hydrology, lines of communication and progress of battle:

'Plan of villages - CHAH-HAQ and MIAN DASHT, CHAHAR-RAHI PUNITIVE EXPEDITION. APRIL, 1918' (folio 4)
'ACTION OF DEH SHAIKH. 25th May 1918.' (folio 15)
'Fight at DEH SHAIKH Map (17. C. B. 2.4.6) 25th May 1918.' (folio 17)
'ACTION OF DEH SHAIKH. 25th May 1918. Decisive attack from Gardaneh Sagavi Kutal, 3 p.m.' (folio 18)
'PLAN OF NEIGHBOURHOOD SHIRAZ' (folio 23)
'AFIFABAD POST As when occupied by detachment on 9-6-18.' (folio 24)
'Action of BULVARDI, near SHIRAZ. June 27th 1918.' (folio 30)
'Action at CHINARINAZ (10th May 1918)' (folio 39)
'ACTION NEAR HERAT-I-KHURREH' (11th May 1918) GUDAR-I-PIRZAD.' (folio 41)
'PLAN SHEWING HILLS SOUTH OF ZIARAT VILLAGE.' (folio 43)
'ACTION OF ZIARAT, SARCHAHAN VALLEY; 13-5-1918. From Khunsar River (folio 44)
'ACTION OF KUH-I-KHAN. Against Charrahis 16-5-1918. From hill 1200 feet above , and N. of valley; looking South.' (folio 47)
'ACTION OF CHINAR RAHDAR. 7th July 1918. Situation at 5-30 a. m., 7th July 1918.' (folio 61)
'SKETCH MAP OF ABADEH.' (folio 74)
'Sketch Map to Illustrate OPERATIONS TOWARDS FIRUZABAD (July 1918.)' (folio 82)
'PERSIA. INDIA AND ADJACENT COUNTRIES. SHEET NO. 17' (folio 84)
'ACTION NEAR FIRUZABAD. [23rd-24th July 1918].' (folio 85)

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-000256868
036-000788810
037-000799011
038-000799012
040-000799042

Is part of:

IOR/L/MIL : Records of the Military Department
IOR/L/MIL/17 : Military Department Library
IOR/L/MIL/17/15 : Iran, Iraq, Persian Gulf
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/1-40 : Iran

IOR/L/MIL/17/15/30 : 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…

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Hierarchy:

032-000256868[0017]/036-000788810[0015]/037-000799011[0001]/038-000799012[0030]/040-000799042

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume (87 folios)

Digitised Content:

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1918

End Date:

1918

Date Range:

1918

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 87; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Former External References:

Case No. 2222 Field Operations
P 18
Serial No. 9

Arrangement:

The volume is arranged as a series of reports by commanding officers.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Public Record(s)

Names:

General Staff Branch, India, 1909-1947
Inspector-General, South Persian Rifles, 1916-1918
Kalantar of Kazarun, Early 20th century
Khan of the Qashqai, Early 20th century
Labū Muḥammadī, Tribe, Early 20th century
Qashqā'i, Tribe, 11th century-

Subjects:

Geographical data
Historical geography
Military intelligence
Military maps
Military operations
Tribes
War casualties

Places:

Kazerun, Asia
Persia, Asia
Shiraz, Asia