File 1000/1918 Pt 3 'Persia: situation & policy'

Title:

File 1000/1918 Pt 3 'Persia: situation & policy'

Date:

1918/1918

Description:

Abstract: The item contains correspondence regarding affairs in Persia [Iran] in May-November 1918 during the First World War, including:Military actions within Persia, particularly those in northern Persia involving Dunsterforce, the Allied military force commanded by General Lionel DunstervilleThe resignation of the Persian Government and the formation of a new Government under Vosug-ed-Dowleh [Mīrzā Ḥasan Khān, Vus̠ūq al-Dawlah] as Prime MinisterDiscussions over the future of the South Persia Rifles, a Persian military force under British commandThe Turkish [Ottoman] seizure of Tabriz and later withdrawal from PersiaThe arrest in Resht [Rasht] of the British Vice-Consul by the Jangalis [Jungle Movement of Gilan], a Soviet-supported Islamist group in rebellion against the Government of Persia.The primary correspondents are: HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia; the Government of India; the Foreign Office; the India Office; the War Office; Chief of the General Staff, India; Commander of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force; HM Ambassador to the United States of America; the Military Attaché, Tehran; and General Dunsterville.Physical description: 1 item (315 folios)

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Military operations
Jangali Movement (1915-1920)
Government
South Persia Rifles
British Vice-Consul

Geographic region:

Caucasus

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100131495499.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100131495499.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/10/735/1
IOR/L/PS/10/735/1

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