World War I in Persia

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World War I in Persia was the period during the First World War when rival foreign powers, particularly Britain, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire, turned neutral Qajar Iran into a major battleground and zone of occupation, causing widespread political turmoil, famine, and social disruption.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
theatre of World War I ⓘ
hasAftermath eventual establishment of Pahlavi dynasty ⓘ
increased British influence in Iran ⓘ
postwar Anglo-Persian Agreement of 1919 ⓘ
power vacuum in northern Iran after Russian withdrawal ⓘ
rise of Reza Khan ⓘ
hasCause German attempts to destabilize British and Russian positions ⓘ
Ottoman–Russian conflict in the Caucasus ⓘ
rivalry between Britain and Russia ⓘ
strategic importance of Persian oil ⓘ
strategic location between Russian Empire and British India ⓘ
hasDemographicImpact displacement of Assyrian and Armenian populations ⓘ
population loss due to famine and disease ⓘ
hasEffect Persian famine of 1917–1919 ⓘ
civilian casualties ⓘ
economic disruption ⓘ
foreign occupation of Persian territory ⓘ
political instability in Qajar Iran ⓘ
refugee movements ⓘ
strengthening of anti-imperialist sentiment in Iran ⓘ
weakening of Qajar dynasty authority ⓘ
hasEndTime 1918 ⓘ
hasKeyEvent Assyrian and Armenian self-defense in Urmia region ⓘ
British military advance from Mesopotamia into western Persia ⓘ
British occupation of southern Persia ⓘ
German–Ottoman mission to Persia ⓘ
Ottoman incursions into northwestern Persia ⓘ
Persian famine of 1917–1919 ⓘ
Russian occupation of northern Persia ⓘ
advance of Ottoman forces after Russian withdrawal ⓘ
formation of the provisional government at Kermanshah ⓘ
massacres of Assyrian and Armenian civilians ⓘ
operations of the South Persia Rifles ⓘ
withdrawal of Russian troops after the Russian Revolution ⓘ
hasKeyPlace Ahvaz ⓘ
Azerbaijan (Iran) ⓘ
linked to: Iranian Azerbaijan

Hamadan ⓘ
Isfahan ⓘ
Kermanshah ⓘ
Khuzestan ⓘ
Kurdistan region of Persia ⓘ
linked to: Kurdistan

Luristan ⓘ
Persian Gulf coast ⓘ
Qazvin ⓘ
Shiraz ⓘ
linked to: Shiraz, Iran

Tabriz ⓘ
Urmia ⓘ
hasLegalStatusOfPersia neutral ⓘ
hasLocation Persia ⓘ
Qajar Iran ⓘ
hasParticipant Armenian volunteer units ⓘ
Assyrian volunteer units ⓘ
linked to: Assyrian Levies

Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
Bakhtiari tribes ⓘ
linked to: Bakhtiari tribe

Committee of National Defence (Persia) ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
German military mission in Persia ⓘ
Kurdish tribal forces ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Third Army ⓘ
Persian nationalists ⓘ
Qajar Iran ⓘ
Russian Caucasus Army ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
South Persia Rifles ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
hasRelatedAgreement Anglo-Persian Oil Company concessions ⓘ
Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907 ⓘ
hasRelatedConflict Caucasus Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Caucasus campaign

Mesopotamian Campaign ⓘ
Persian Constitutional Revolution (aftermath) ⓘ
hasRelatedTopic Armenian genocide ⓘ
linked to: Armenian Genocide

Assyrian genocide ⓘ
Iranian nationalism ⓘ
foreign intervention in Iran ⓘ
history of Iran during World War I ⓘ
hasStartTime 1914 ⓘ
occursIn neutral country ⓘ
partOf World War I ⓘ

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Ahmad Shah Qajar → notableEventDuringReign → World War I in Persia ⓘ
Persian campaign → alsoKnownAs → Iranian front of World War I ⓘ
linked to: World War I in Persia
Anglo-Persian relations → hasTopic → World War I in Persia ⓘ
Qajar Persian Army → conflict → World War I operations in Persia ⓘ
linked to: World War I in Persia
World War I in Persia → hasKeyEvent → Russian occupation of northern Persia ⓘ
linked to: World War I in Persia