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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.
An invasion is a military offensive in which sizable number of combatants of one geopolitical entity aggressively enter territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objectives of establishing or re-establishing control, retaliation for real or perceived actions, liberation of previously lost territory, forcing the partition of a country, gaining concessions or access to ...
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.
The Persian king, like the Assyrian, was also "King of Kings", xšāyaθiya xšāyaθiyānām (shāhanshāh in modern Persian) – "great king", Megas Basileus, as known by the Greeks. Cyrus's son, Cambyses II , conquered the last major power of the region, ancient Egypt , causing the collapse of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt .
The composition of infantry for the second invasion seems to have been the same as during the first, despite the availability of hoplites and other heavy infantry in Persian-ruled lands. [113] Having won battles against hoplites previously, the Persians may simply have regarded Marathon as an aberration.
Invasion of Iran, Invasion of Persia or Conquest of Persia may refer to several historical events, including: Alexander the Great's conquest of Persia; Muslim conquest of Persia; Battle of Dandanaqan, part of the Seljuk invasion of Persia; Mongol conquest of Persia; Timur's conquest of Persia; Anglo-Persian War; Persian Campaign (World War I)
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 ...
Persian invasion may refer to: Persian invasion of Scythia, 513 BC; Greco-Persian Wars. First Persian invasion of Greece, 492–490 BC; Second Persian invasion of Greece, 480–479 BC; Persian Invasion of Daghestan, 1741–1743 AD