British occupation of Bushehr

British occupations of Bushehr
Part of Persian campaign (World War I) (Third occupation)
Political map showing different local tribal regions and alliances in the Bushehr area, 1915
Date First occupation (1838) Second occupation (1856) Third occupation - Declaration of official occupancy: August 8[2]-October 16, 1915[3] Location Iran, Bushehr Result First occupation of Bushehr - Iranian victory Second occupation of Bushehr - British victory Third occupation of Bushehr - Iranian victory
Belligerents
Iran South of Iran movement[1] (Third occupation) The National Committee of the Guardians of the Independence of Iran[1] (Third occupation)	United Kingdom British Raj
Commanders and leaders
Rais Ali Delvari[4]  † Khalou Hossein Bord Khuni Dashti[4] Hossein Chah Kutahi[4]  † Khezrkhan Fooladi[4]  † Esmaeel Khan Qashqayi[1] Qazanfar Borazjani[1] Ahmad Akhgar	Percy Sykes[5] Trevor[2] Olyphant[4] † Ranking[4] † Brooking[3] Nixon[3] Pennington[3] † Thornton[3] †
Units involved
Iranian Gendarmerie[2] Tangestanis fighters[4] Dashtestanis fighters[4] Dashti fighters[4] Chah Kutahis fighters[4] Larestanis fighters[1] Qashqais fighters[1]	16th The Queen's Lancers[3] 96th Infantry[3] Navy combat unit[3] 21st India Horse[1] 11th Rajputs[3] South Persia Rifles[3]
Strength
Iranian boats:[2] Mozaffari Azarbaijan Mazandaran	British Equipments: Artillery[2] About 30 ships[6] including: Juno[3] Pyramus[3] Lorence[3] Dalhousie[3] Airplane[7]
Iran had officially declared neutrality in the World War I.[5]

The British occupations of Bushehr or Bushire under British occupation^[2] refers to the three times British forces entered Bushehr and occupied this area in Iran during the rule of the Qajar dynasty, before and during World War I.