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== Summary ==
{{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://www.britishmedals.info/india_general_service_medal_1854.html 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.
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Persian_War Persian War 1856-57] Wikipedia<br>[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=_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=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=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>==== Historical Books on-line ====[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/224/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Persian War 1856-57] archive.org
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