John Company's Last War

English, Barbara

Manohar Publishers and Distributors（2023/08発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 192 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9788119139521

Full Description

In the nineteenth century, the British crown expanded its reach in almost all parts of the world from China to America, overpowering the Portu­guese, Spanish, Dutch, and the French. The period also witnessed the contestation between the English East India Company, the Czarist Russia, and the Qajar Persian kingdom to prevent Russian expansion into India by creating a buffer zone in Central Asia along with the support of the Emirate of Afghanistan. The English East India Company's feud with the Persians in 1856, also known as the Anglo-Persian war, forms the basis of this monograph. This book contains descriptions taken from memoirs, journals, letters, and correspondences from lower and upper officials, military men, and the Governor-General.

Contents

Prologue 9
1 The Fabled City of Heart 11
2 Murray in Teheran 37
3 Dost Mohammed Khan at Kabul 50
4 India Prepares for War 60
5 The Persian War - Bushire 81
6 The Persian War - Khoosh -ab 98
7 The Persian War - Mohammerah 121
8 Peace 137
Epilogue 155
Bibliography 157
Notes 168
Index 184