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warships bombarded the headquarters of the
Tangestanis tribal at Dilbar; and on 3 and 9 September the British Indian Army repulsed several Tangistani raids, in these clashes, Rais Ali was killed in action. Pro-British Iranian tribes subsequently pushed back Tangestani forces into the hinterland. At
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On 26 June 1916 an anti-British uprising broke out in Shiraz, but was suppressed the next day. The fragile
British control over Fārs was disrupted in May 1918 when Ṣawlat-al-Dawla, leading the Qashqais and other pro-German tribal forces from
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During first years of World War I, Rais Ali and
Wassmuss were busy formulating a general anti-British uprising in Persia. On 12 July 1915, Rais Ali and Tangestani's attacked the British residency in Bushehr, but they were repulsed.
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in Iran and
Afghanistan and provided a counterweight to German influence. This treaty was widely viewed by Iranians as having made the nation into little more than a British and Russian
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cavalrymen and on 14 September removed
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museum. Some of his personal items and historic documents are exhibited in this museum, along with various types of guns and horse
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satellite states. The bureau was involved in intelligence and subversive missions to Persia and
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on the eve of World War I, dedicated to promoting and sustaining subversive and nationalist agitations in
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