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Name: Persia (Military Occupation)

Type: Polity

Start: 1735 AD

End: 1916 AD

Parent: persia (modern)

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Persia (Military Occupation)

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Polity that includes all territories militarly occupied by Persia that are not part of a specific military territory.

Establishment

September 1735: Nader Shah, a powerful Persian ruler, defeated the Ottoman forces at Yeghevard in 1735, reclaiming Armenia and Georgia. This marked a significant military achievement for Nader in his campaign to expand Persian territories.

Chronology

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1. Conquests of Nader Shah

Expansion during the rule of Nader Shah of the Afsharid Dynasty.

January 1742: The Persian Empire annexes almost all of Dagestan.

2. Ottoman-Persian Wars

Were a series of wars between Ottoman Empire and the Safavid, Afsharid, Zand, and Qajar dynasties of Iran (Persia) through the 16th-20th centuries.

January 1780: The Persians held Basra until 1779 when the Ottomans, under Sulayman Agha, retook the city, following Karim Khan's death.

2.1.Ottoman-Persian War (1730-1735)

Was a war between the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire.

2.1.1.Treaty of Constantinople (1736)

Was a treaty between the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire ending the Ottoman-Safavid War of 1578-1590.

September 1736: Treaty of Constantinople was a treaty between Ottoman Empire and Afsharid Persia signed on 24 September 1736, ending the Afsharid-Ottoman War (1730-35).

2.2.Ottoman-Persian War (1743-1746)

Was a war between the Ottoman Empire and the Afsharid Empire.

2.2.1.Persian Invasion (1740)

Was the Persian invasion of the Ottoman Empire in the Ottoman-Persian War (1743-1746).

July 1740: Kirkuk and Arbil conquered by persia.

September 1740: The siege of Mosul in 1740 was led by the Persian military commander Nader Shah. The city was defended by the Ottoman governor of Mosul, Daud Pasha. After 40 days of intense fighting, Mosul fell to the Persian forces, leading to a period of Persian military occupation in the region.

2.3.Ottoman-Persian War (1775-1776)

Was a war between the Ottoman Empire and the Zand Dynasty of Persia.

January 1776: The Persians, ruled by Karim Khan Zand and led by his brother Sadeq Khan Zand, invaded southern Iraq in 1775. They besieged Basra, leading to the territory falling under Persian military occupation.

2.4.Ottoman-Persian War (1821-1823)

Was a war between the Ottoman Empire and Qajar Iran.

2.4.1.Persian Invasion (1822)

Was the Persian invasion of the Ottoman Empire during the Ottoman-Persian War (1821-1823).

January 1822: Battle of Erzurum.

January 1822: Crown Prince Abbas Mirza of Persia, at the instigation of the Russian Empire, invaded Western Armenia and the areas surrounding Iranian Azerbaijan.

January 1822: In 1821, Abbas Mirza, the Crown Prince of Persia, led a military campaign into Anatolia with 30,000 troops. He clashed with an Ottoman army of 50,000 at the Battle of Erzurum, resulting in the territory falling under Persian military occupation.

3. Russo-Persian Wars

Were a series of wars between Persia and Russia in the period 1651-1828.

3.1.Russo-Persian War (1826-28)

Was a military conflict between the Russian Empire and Persia over territories in southern Caucasus.

September 1826: In 1826, a 35,000-strong army led by Abbas Mirza, the Crown Prince of Persia, invaded the territories of Karabakh and Talysh.

4. Siege of Herat (1838)

An unsuccessful attack on the Afghan city of Herat by the Qajar dynasty.

January 1838: In 1837, the Qajar dynasty attacked the city of Herat in Afghanistan.

January 1839: The attack on the Afghan city of Herat by the Qajar dynasty was unsuccessful.

5. Anglo-Persian War

Was a war between Great Britain and Qajar Iran caused by disputes over territories in western Afghanistan.

October 1856: Herat conquered by persia (modern).

March 1857: The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1857, ending the Anglo-Persian War. The Persians, led by Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, agreed to withdraw from Herat, which was then incorporated into the Emirate of Afghanistan under Dost Mohammad Khan.

6. World War I

Was a global conflict between two coalitions, the Allies (primarily France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States) and the Central Powers (led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire). It was mainly caused by the competition of the western countries over domain in Europe and in the rest of the world with their colonial empires. The war ended with the defeat of the Central Powers. The war also caused the Russian Revolution and the ensuing Russian Civil War.

6.1.World War I Middle East Theatre

Was the theatre of war in the Middle East during World War I.

6.1.1.Persian Campaign

Was a series of military conflicts between the Ottoman Empire, British Empire and Russian Empire in Iran during World War I.

January 1917: In December 1916, Baratov began moving towards the cities of Qom and Hamadan, to eliminate the Persian and Turkish forces there. In the same month the cities were conquered.

6.1.1.1.Ottoman campaign in Persia during World War I

Were minor conquests of the Ottomans in Persia during World War I.

January 1915: During World War I, Russian General Chernozubov led the force that recaptured Tabriz from Ottoman forces in 1915.

Disestablishment

January 1917: In December 1916, Baratov began moving towards the cities of Qom and Hamadan, to eliminate the Persian and Turkish forces there. In the same month the cities were conquered.

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