What the records say
- When
- Mar 1856 – 26 Oct 1856
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 34.34° N, 62.20° E
- Description
- successful Qajar Iran siege on Herat in 1856
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Second Herat War
Qajar Iran siege on Herat (March–October 1856)
The Second Herat War was the invasion of the surrounding realm of Herat and the successful siege of its citadel by the Qajar army led by Morad Mirza Hesam o-Saltaneh. The 1856 siege was part of the concerted Qajar effort to conquer western Afghanistan, known as the Herat Question. The conflict was also a part of the broader Great Game between the British Empire and the Russian Empire.
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