Between 1899 and 1902, the British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury, and the Viceroy of India Lord Curzon, battled over how best to address Russian expansion into Persia, a buffer state with immense strategic importance to the Indian Empire. This video aims to be a short documentary looking at the debate between Simla and Whitehall over how best to confront St Petersburg and Tehran #History, #BritishEmpire, #RussianEmpire
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