Bandar Bushehr

Bandar Bushehr is a large city on the coast of the Persian Gulf and was historically a large trade center. It hosted a British Residency and was occupied by Britain multiple times.

History
In 170 BC the city which was controlled by the Seleucid Empire was captured by the Persian Parthians and it soon became an important port. In 1737 the Dutch opened a trading post in the city and it lasted until 1753. In 1765 it hosted a British Residency which lasted until 1948. British forces landed outside of Bushehr on the 9th of December 1856 during the Anglo-Persian War and they captured it the next day. The British withdraw some time after the Treaty of Paris in 1857. The city would once again be occupied during World War 1 due to German Expedition to Afghanistan. This lasted from August 8th to the 16th of October of the same year.