Lot 20204 – MAHOMMERA: 1908 (Jan 2) 5ch Persian postcard from

MAHOMMERA: 1908 (Jan 2) 5ch Persian postcard from Lt. A. T. Wilson of the 32nd Sikh Pioneers at Bender-Nasseri to the 18th Tirwana Lancers in Delhi, sent during the border dispute with the Turks when the British Consul for the Mohamerrah / Ahwaz area (Anglo-Persian oilfields) requested the assistance of the Indian Government who sent a small mixed force of infantry and cavalry, with the message telling of the arrival of the Lancers and their skill at “tent-pegging”, sent via the Persian office to Mohammerah where it was passed to the Indian office before being carried to Delhi, a scarce survivor of this short border dispute Note: A. T. Wilson later became a key figure in the British influence in the Persian Gulf region