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The Siege of Herat 1838: Persia's Last Gamble for Afghanistan

The Siege of Herat 1838: Persia's Last Gamble for Afghanistan

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In 1837, the Qajar Shah of Persia, Muhammad Shah, marched on Herat with a massive army backed by Russian advisers. The city, nominally ruled by the half-mad Kamran Shah and his wily vizier Yar Muhammad Khan, was defended by a single British officer, Eldred Pottinger, who had stumbled into the city in disguise. For ten months, the Persians bombarded Herat's ancient walls while Pottinger organized a desperate defense, buying time for British India to react. This episode explores the siege's pivotal role in the Great Game, the strange alliance of convenience between Kamran and the British, and how the failure to take Herat set the stage for the disastrous First Anglo-Afghan War. We also touch on the legacy of the siege: the Herat Question that poisoned Perso-Afghan relations for decades, and the city's enduring identity as a crossroads of Persian and Central Asian influence. #SiegeOfHerat #GreatGame #QajarDynasty #MuhammadShahQajar #EldredPottinger #KamranShah #YarMuhammadKhan #PersianEmpire #Afghanistan #Herat #VictorianEra #BritishEmpire #ImperialHistory #19thCentury #MilitaryHistory #Diplomacy #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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