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"Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80".

Posted By: Winston21
"Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80".

Autor: Archibald Forbes, "Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80".
Publisher: Seeley | ISBN: 0021456885 | edition: 2005 | PDF | 129 Pages | 1.28 Mb.

By a treaty, concluded between England and Persia in 1814, the former state bound itself, in case of theinvasion of Persia by any European nation, to aid the Shah either with troops from India or by the payment of an annual subsidy in support of his war expenses. It was a dangerous engagement, even with the caveat rendering the undertaking inoperative if such invasion should be provoked by Persia. During the fierce struggle of 1825-7, between Abbas Meerza and the Russian General Paskevitch, England refrained from supporting Persia either with men or with money, and when prostrate Persia was in financial extremities because of the war indemnity which the treaty of Turkmanchai imposed upon her, England took advantage of her needs by purchasing the cancellation of the inconvenient obligation at the cheap cost of about ?300,000. It was the natural result of this transaction that English influence with the Persian Court should sensibly decline, and it was not less natural that in conscious weakness Persia should fall under the domination of Russian influence.