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{{War|name=Persian War|dates=1856-57 |image= 800px-Amir_Kabir_Flag.svg.png|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persia Persia]|combatant1=[[East India Company]] |combatant2=Persia |result=British victory |medal=<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_General_Service_Medal_(1854) India General Service Medal 1854]<br>Clasp: Persia |category=[[:Category:Persian War|Persian War]] }} | |||
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Persia's expansion on its eastern frontier culminated in the occupation of Herat in [[Afghanistan]] on 25 October 1856. Britain responded by declaring war on 1 November. The British under Commodore Young occupied Kharg Island and an advance division under Maj-Gen Stalker took Bushire in December. Reinforcements under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Outram_(British_officer) Sir James Outram] arrived from [[Bombay]] in January 1857. After a series of British victories the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1857) Treaty of Paris] was signed on 4 March 1857 and the Persians withdrew from Herat. | |||
== Expeditionary Force == | |||
'''First Division'''<br> | |||
''Maj-Gen Foster Stalker CB''<br> | |||
''Artillery under Brig H W Trevelyan'' | |||
*3rd Troop [[Bombay Horse Artillery|Horse Artillery]] | |||
*1st Company 1st Battalion [[Bombay European Foot Artillery|European Foot Artillery]] | |||
*4th Company 1st Battalion [[Bombay European Foot Artillery|European Foot Artillery]] | |||
*Reserve [[Bombay European Foot Artillery|European Foot Artillery]]<br> | |||
''Cavalry Brigade under Brig T Tapp''<br> | |||
*Two squadrons [[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry|3rd Regiment Light Cavalry]] (243 troopers) under Capt Forbes | |||
*Two troops of [[Poona Horse|Poona Irregular Horse]] (176 troopers)<br> | |||
''1st Infantry Brigade under Brig J Stopford CB''<br> | |||
*HM [[64th Regiment of Foot]] under Maj Sterling | |||
*[[20th Regiment of Bombay Infantry|20th Native Infantry]] under Capt Macleod<br> | |||
''2nd Infantry Brigade under Brig R W Honner''<br> | |||
*[[2nd Bombay (European) Fusiliers|2nd Bombay European Light Infantry]] under Lt-Col Ramsay | |||
*[[4th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps)|4th Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps)]] under Maj Manson | |||
*[[26th (Baluchistan) Regiment of Bombay Infantry|2nd Belooch Battalion]] under Capt Hough<br> | |||
''Engineer Department under Brevet Maj J Hill''<br> | |||
*Two Companies of [[Bombay Sappers and Miners|Sappers & Miners]] under Capt Dickinson<br> | |||
Total 4234 | |||
'''Second Division'''<br> | |||
''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Havelock Brig-Gen Havelock CB]''<br> | |||
''First Brigade under Brig Hamilton''<br> | |||
*[[78th Regiment of Foot|78th HighLanders]] | |||
*[[26th (Baluchistan) Regiment of Bombay Infantry|26th Native Infantry]] | |||
''Second Brigade under Brig Hale'' | |||
*[[23rd Bombay Rifles|23rd Native Light Infantry]] | |||
*[[14th Light Dragoons]] | |||
*No 3 Light Field Battery (6 guns) under Capt Hatch | |||
*No 5 Light Field Battery (6 guns) under Capt Gibbard | |||
*4th troop of Horse Artillery (6 guns) under Maj Blake | |||
== External links == | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Persian_War Persian War 1856-57] Wikipedia<br> | |||
==== Historical Books online ==== | |||
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BnwcAAAAMAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0 Outram & Havelock's Persian Campaign] Google Books<br> | |||
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DopJAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Lieut.-General+Sir+James+Outram%27s+Persian+campaign+in+1857&ei=CIllSsP6JJa4yQTv8KnPAw Outram's Despatches] Google Books<br> | |||
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_gkHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA343&dq=Persian+War+1856&as_brr=3&ei=todlSr_gEozcygTZuazVAw Persian War- Blackwoods Magazine] Google Books<br> | |||
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JrgOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA308&dq=Stalker+Melancholy+Deaths+Bombay+Inquest&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Stalker%20Melancholy%20Deaths%20Bombay%20Inquest&f=false Maj-Gen Stalker's Suicide] Google Books<br> | |||
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ePoIAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA99&dq=Stalker%27s+Death&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Stalker's%20Death&f=false Stalker's Obituary] Google Books<br> | |||
*[http://archive.org/stream/correspondencere00londrich#page/n1/mode/2up ''Correspondence respecting relations with Persia. Presented to both Houses of Parliament 1857''] 1857 Archive.org | |||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/224/mode/2up ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI'' - Persian War 1856-57] archive.org | |||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=5TkBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 ''From Bombay to Bushire, and Bussora; including an Account of the Present State of Persia and Notes on the Persian War''] by William Ashton Shepherd 1857 Google Books | |||
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UvgdAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA231 "The Persian War"] page 231 ''Memoirs of Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, K. C. B.'' by John Clark Marshman 1860 Google Books | |||
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YzkNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA221 "Havelock’s Persian Campaign"] page 221 ''The Life of General H. Havelock KCB'' by Joel Tyler Headley 1861 Google Books | |||
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VfgdAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA577 "The Persian Expedition 1856-7"], page 577 ''The history of the Indian revolt and of the expeditions to Persia, China and Japan'' by George Dodd 1859 Google Books | |||
*[http://archive.org/stream/mylifeassoldier00mckeuoft#page/12/mode/2up "Chapter III: The War with Persia"] page 13 ''My Life As A Soldier'' by Captain Thomas McKenzie, formerly Sergeant, Her Majesty’s 64th Regiment 1898 Archive.org. | |||
*[http://archive.org/stream/orientalcampaign00maudiala#page/134/mode/2up "The Persian Campaign"], page 135 ''Oriental campaigns and European furloughs: the autobiography of a veteran of the Indian Mutiny'' by Colonel E. Maude 1908 Archive.org | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/generaljohnjacob00shanrich/page/n5 ''General John Jacob, Commandant of the Sind Irregular Horse and Founder of Jacobabad''] by Alexander Innes Shand 1900 Archive.org. Contains references to the Persian War.<ref name=Wrig >No longer accessible. Wright, Bill <nowiki>http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=303&p=48291#p47974</nowiki> Sources for the Anglo-Persian War of 1856-7 ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 27 September 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2018. </ref> | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.175578/page/n1 ''The Life Of General Sir Harry N.D. Prendergast''] by Henry M. Vibart 1914. Archive.org, Public Library of India collection. It contains a short section on the Persian War.<ref name=Wrig /> | |||
*[https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023517941.0x000002 ''Vol 263: Persian Expeditionary Force''] British Library IOR/R/15/1/174. Qatar Digital Library. Created 17 Jun 1857-30 Jul 1858. "This volume primarily concerns Britain's Persian Expeditionary Force and the state of relations between the British and the Persians following the end of the Anglo-Persian War." | |||
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Summary
| Persian War | |
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| 1856-57 | |
| Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns | |
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| Location: Persia | |
| Combatants: | |
| East India Company | Persia |
| Result: British victory | |
| Medals: India General Service Medal 1854 Clasp: Persia | |
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| Category: Persian War | |
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See our interactive map of Persian War locations and routes on Google Maps | |
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Persia's expansion on its eastern frontier culminated in the occupation of Herat in Afghanistan on 25 October 1856. Britain responded by declaring war on 1 November. The British under Commodore Young occupied Kharg Island and an advance division under Maj-Gen Stalker took Bushire in December. Reinforcements under Sir James Outram arrived from Bombay in January 1857. After a series of British victories the Treaty of Paris was signed on 4 March 1857 and the Persians withdrew from Herat.
Expeditionary Force
First Division
Maj-Gen Foster Stalker CB
Artillery under Brig H W Trevelyan
- 3rd Troop Horse Artillery
- 1st Company 1st Battalion European Foot Artillery
- 4th Company 1st Battalion European Foot Artillery
- Reserve European Foot Artillery
Cavalry Brigade under Brig T Tapp
- Two squadrons 3rd Regiment Light Cavalry (243 troopers) under Capt Forbes
- Two troops of Poona Irregular Horse (176 troopers)
1st Infantry Brigade under Brig J Stopford CB
- HM 64th Regiment of Foot under Maj Sterling
- 20th Native Infantry under Capt Macleod
2nd Infantry Brigade under Brig R W Honner
- 2nd Bombay European Light Infantry under Lt-Col Ramsay
- 4th Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps) under Maj Manson
- 2nd Belooch Battalion under Capt Hough
Engineer Department under Brevet Maj J Hill
- Two Companies of Sappers & Miners under Capt Dickinson
Total 4234
Second Division
Brig-Gen Havelock CB
First Brigade under Brig Hamilton
Second Brigade under Brig Hale
- 23rd Native Light Infantry
- 14th Light Dragoons
- No 3 Light Field Battery (6 guns) under Capt Hatch
- No 5 Light Field Battery (6 guns) under Capt Gibbard
- 4th troop of Horse Artillery (6 guns) under Maj Blake
External links
- Persian War 1856-57 Wikipedia
Historical Books online
- Outram & Havelock's Persian Campaign Google Books
- Outram's Despatches Google Books
- Persian War- Blackwoods Magazine Google Books
- Maj-Gen Stalker's Suicide Google Books
- Stalker's Obituary Google Books
- Correspondence respecting relations with Persia. Presented to both Houses of Parliament 1857 1857 Archive.org
- Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Persian War 1856-57 archive.org
- From Bombay to Bushire, and Bussora; including an Account of the Present State of Persia and Notes on the Persian War by William Ashton Shepherd 1857 Google Books
- "The Persian War" page 231 Memoirs of Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, K. C. B. by John Clark Marshman 1860 Google Books
- "Havelock’s Persian Campaign" page 221 The Life of General H. Havelock KCB by Joel Tyler Headley 1861 Google Books
- "The Persian Expedition 1856-7", page 577 The history of the Indian revolt and of the expeditions to Persia, China and Japan by George Dodd 1859 Google Books
- "Chapter III: The War with Persia" page 13 My Life As A Soldier by Captain Thomas McKenzie, formerly Sergeant, Her Majesty’s 64th Regiment 1898 Archive.org.
- "The Persian Campaign", page 135 Oriental campaigns and European furloughs: the autobiography of a veteran of the Indian Mutiny by Colonel E. Maude 1908 Archive.org
- General John Jacob, Commandant of the Sind Irregular Horse and Founder of Jacobabad by Alexander Innes Shand 1900 Archive.org. Contains references to the Persian War.[1]
- The Life Of General Sir Harry N.D. Prendergast by Henry M. Vibart 1914. Archive.org, Public Library of India collection. It contains a short section on the Persian War.[1]
- Vol 263: Persian Expeditionary Force British Library IOR/R/15/1/174. Qatar Digital Library. Created 17 Jun 1857-30 Jul 1858. "This volume primarily concerns Britain's Persian Expeditionary Force and the state of relations between the British and the Persians following the end of the Anglo-Persian War."
References