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|partof=[http[://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Persian_War Anglo-Category:Persian War|Persian War]]
|date=1 April 1857
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahvaz [Ahvaz|Ahwaz]], Khūzestān, Iran] |presidency=[[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=31.333334,48.5&z=10&t=h&hl=en 31.333333°N 48.500000°E]
|result=British victory
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Persian army
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Outram_(British_officer) [James Outram|Lt Gen Sir James Outram]]
|commander2=Shah-zadeh
|strength1=300 infantry<br>2 Two 24 pounder howitzers
|strength2=About 9,000 cavalry & infantry
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Ahvaz<br>
Variants: Ahwaz/Akwaz<br>
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Persian_War Anglo-Persian War] Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BnwcAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA267&dq=Akwaz&as_brr=1&ei=OoaPR97FEI3AsQPmr5SyCw#PPA287PPA267,M1 Google Books - Seizure of Ahvaz]Google Books<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020962/ James Outram] Dictionary of National Biography <br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/n271/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - James OutramAction atAhwaz]archive.org [[Category:Battles|Ahwaz 1857, Battle of]][[Category:Persian War|Ahwaz, Battle of]]
