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{{War|name=4th Mysore Persian War |dates=17801856-83 57 |image= 800px-Amir_Kabir_Flag.svg.png‎|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persia Persia]|combatant1=[[East India Company]] |combatant2=Kingdom of Mysore 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:4th Mysore Persian War |4th Mysore Persian War]] }}

 == Summary ==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.

''Maj-Gen Foster Stalker CB''<br>

== External Links 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=DopJAAAAMAAJJrgOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1PA308&dq=Lieut.-GeneralStalker+Melancholy+SirDeaths+JamesBombay+OutramInquest&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+campaign+in+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 1857Google 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&eipg=CIllSsP6JJa4yQTv8KnPAw OutramPA221 "Havelock’s Persian Campaign"] page 221 ''The Life of General H. Havelock KCB''s Despatchesby 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."== References ==<references /> {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}} 

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