The thirteen thousand Persians and Arabs under…

April 1857 CE

The thirteen thousand Persians and Arabs under the command of Khanlar Mirza withdraw to Ahvaz, a hundred miles up the Karun River.
 
The sappers are now continually employed in destroying Persian batteries, making roads, landing stages and huts in the unhealthy climate and so cannot be spared for the sortie to Ahvaz, where the Royal Navy and forces from the 64th Foot and 78th Highlanders attack the Persian force.

The town falls to the British on April 1, 1857.

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Ahvaz Khuzestan Iran View →

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East India Company, British (United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies) View → India, East India Company rule in View → Persia, Qajarid Kingdom of View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View →

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Colonization of Asia, British View → Great Game, The View → Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57 View →

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