Political map showing different local tribal regions and alliances in the Bushehr area, 1915
Date
Declaration of official occupancy:
August 8[2]-October 16, 1915[3]
Location
Iran, Bushehr
Result
First occupation of Bushehr - Iranian victory
Second occupation of Bushehr - British victory
Third occupation of Bushehr - British victory
Belligerents
Iran
South of Iran movement[1]
The National Committee of the Guardians of the Independence of Iran[1]
United Kingdom
British Raj
Commanders and leaders
Rais Ali Delvari[4]†
Khalou Hossein Bord Khuni Dashti[4]
Hossein Chah Kutahi[4]†
Khezrkhan Fooladi[4]†
Esmaeel Khan Qashqayi[1]
Qazanfar Borazjani[1]
Ahmad Akhgar
Percy Sykes[5]
Trevor[2]
Olyphant[4]†
Ranking[4]†
Brooking[3]
Nixon[3]
Pennington[3]†
Thornton[3]†
Units involved
Iranian Gendarmerie[2]
Tangestanis fighters[4]
Dashtestanis fighters[4]
Dashti fighters[4]
Chah Kutahis fighters[4]
Larestanis fighters[1]
Qashqais fighters[1]
16th The Queen's Lancers[3]
96th Infantry[3]
Navy combat unit[3]
21st India Horse[1]
11th Rajputs[3]
South Persia Rifles[3]
Strength
Iranian boats:[2]
Mozaffari
Azarbaijan
Mazandaran
British Equipments:
Artillery[2]
About 30 ships[6] including:
Juno[3]
Pyramus[3]
Lorence[3]
Dalhousie[3]
Airplane[7]
Iran had officially declared neutrality in the World War I.[5]
The British occupation of Bushehr or Bushire under British occupation[2] refers to the three times British forces entered Bushehr and occupied this area in Iran during the rule of the Qajar dynasty, before and during World War I.
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Amanat, Abbas; Vejdani, Farzin (2012). Iran Facing Others: Identity Boundaries in a Historical Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137013408.
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مشایخی, عبدالکریم. "نقض بی‌طرفی ایران در جنگ جهانی اول و اشغال بوشهر توسط قوای انگلیس (۸ اوت ۱۹۱۵ م / ۲۶ رمضان ۱۳۳۳ ه.ق)" [Violation of Iran's neutrality in the First World War and the occupation of Bushehr by British forces (August 8, 1915 AD / 26 Ramadan 1333 AH)]. فصلنامه مطالعات تاریخی (in Persian): ۱۱–۲۵. مؤسسه مطالعات و پژوهش‌های سیاسی. سال هشتم (شماره ۳۲): بهار ۱۳۹۰.
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مشایخی, عبدالکریم. "بازخوانی تاریخ معاصر شیوه‌های انگلستان در کنترل قیام‌های ضداستعماری" [Rereading the contemporary history of England's methods in controlling anti-colonial uprisings]. فصلنامه مطالعات تاریخی (in Persian): ۱۴–۱۹. کانون اندیشه جوان. سال هشتم (شماره ۵۲)، دی ۱۳۸۵.
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یاحسینی, سیدقاسم; جودکی, محبوبه. "تَنگِستانی‌ها" [Tangestanis]. دانشنامه جهان اسلام (in Persian): ۳۲۵–۳۲۸. بنیاد دائرةالمعارف اسلامی، تهران، جلد هشتم، سال ۱۳۸۳
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آذرنگ, عبدالحسین. "جنگ جهانی اول" [First World War]. دانشنامه جهان اسلام (in Persian). بنیاد دائرةالمعارف اسلامی، تهران، جلد ۱۱، سال ۱۳۸۶
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"اشغال بوشهر توسط انگلیسى‌ها و آغاز قيام مردم تنگستان (۱۳۳۳ش)" [The occupation of Bushehr by the British and the beginning of the uprising of the people of Tangestan (1333 AH)] (in Persian). Retrieved 26 July 2022.
^هژبریان, حسین. "چاه‌کوتاهی" [Chah Kutahi]. دانشنامه جهان اسلام (in Persian). بنیاد دائرةالمعارف اسلامی، جلد ۱۱، سال ۱۳۸۶
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