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The Persian campaign or invasion of Iran (Persian: اشغال ایران در جنگ جهانی اول) was a series of military conflicts between the Ottoman Empire, British Empire and Russian Empire in various areas of what was then neutral Qajar Iran, beginning in December 1914 and ending with the Armistice of Mudros on 30 October 1918, as part of the Middle Eastern Theatre of World War I.
French naval officer who took part in the Taiping rebellion. His time with the Qing government played an important role in the modernization of 19th century China. Harry Aubrey de Vere Maclean: 1848–1920 1877–1908 Morocco: Scottish soldier who served Sultan Mawlay Hassan and Mawlay Abdelaziz as a military instructor to the Moroccan Army.
Interim Government: 1979: Islamic Republic: 1979–present: Related articles. Name; Monarchs; ... Shah of Persia: 1 Shah Ismail I: 1487–1524 July 1501 [a] 23 May ...
The military history of Iran has been relatively well-documented, with thousands of years' worth of recorded history.Largely credited to its historically unchanged geographical and geopolitical condition, the modern-day Islamic Republic of Iran (historically known as Persia) has had a long and checkered military culture and history; ranging from triumphant and unchallenged ancient military ...
Persian Empire War of 1616–1618: Ahmed I, Mustafa I, Osman II: Abbas I: Treaty of Serav (1618) Persian Empire War of 1623–1639: Murad IV: Abbas I, Safi: Treaty of Zuhab (1639) Ottoman Empire War of 1730–1735: Mahmud I: Abbas III: Treaty of Constantinople (1736) Persian Empire War of 1743–1746: Mahmud I: Nader Shah: Treaty of Kerden ...
This also changed the usage of the names for the Iranian nationality, and the common adjective for citizens of Iran changed from Persian to Iranian. In 1959, the government of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Reza Shah Pahlavi's son and successor, announced that both "Persia" and "Iran" could officially be used interchangeably, nonetheless use of ...
An Ottoman invasion of Persia took place in 1906 on the orders of the vali of Baghdad. [1] Persia was then under the rule of the Qajar dynasty . [ 2 ] The invasion of Persia by the Ottoman Empire occurred during the Persian Constitutional Revolution , and the Ottoman troops were driven out by Russian troops prior to the First World War .
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I; Part of World War I: From left to right: The Ottoman Shaykh al-Islām who declared Jihad against the Entente Powers; Burning oil tanks in the port of Novorossiysk after the Ottoman Empire's strike on Russian ports; Fifth Army during the Gallipoli Campaign; Third Army on the Caucasus campaign; The heliograph team of the Ottoman army in the Sinai and ...