Hossein Eskandari

The First World War and the occupation of Iran by foreigners, especially Britain in the south, is an important field in the issue of resistance against foreigners. The people of Bushehr, Tangestan, Dashti and Dashtestan regions were the main focus of these stability. Despite the all-out defense of the people of these areas against the British and their mercenaries, this persistence failed in the end. One of the important issues in this context is the dispersion of local forces and their lack of unity, especially local chiefs against foreigners. The basic question of this research is that what was the nature and positions of the local forces of the above-mentioned regions at this historical point and what effect did it have on their stability against the British? It seems that the different political and economic tendencies and interests of the local chiefs in these areas, the weakness of the central government and the British conspiracies caused the complete and proper exploitation of the potential forces and facilities against the foreigners. This article is done with descriptive-analytical method and using library resources and especially documents. The findings of this research indicate that the conflict of political and economic interests of the local leaders in the south and the fundamental differences between the northern and southern areas of Bushehr along with the British conspiracies became the main factors of the failure of these stability and heterogeneous arrangement against the British.