Thanks to Franz's butterfly effect, although the Russians had suffered devastating losses in the Near East War, they had obtained the Constantinople they had long dreamed of. Before that victory, the domestic crisis was suppressed.
After two years of recuperation, the Tsarist Government began to grow restless again. But with the Vienna System rebuilt, there was no longer any room for them to expand on the European Continent, forcing the Tsarist Government to turn its gaze toward Asia.
In October 1856, spurred on by the Russians, the Persian dynasty captured Herat. Provoked, the United Kingdom immediately declared war on Persia, and the Anglo-Persian War broke out.
Herat lay west of the Persian Gulf, north of the Caspian Sea and the Jaxartes River, and east of the Indus River. Its unique geography determined its strategic importance, making it a crucial link in the Anglo-Russian struggle for supremacy on the Asian continent.
During the Near East War, the Russians had planned an expedition into India to force the United Kingdom out of the war, and Herat had been a hurdle they could not bypass.
At the time, the Herat Government feared offending the United Kingdom and refused the Russians' request for passage, causing relations between the two countries to deteriorate.
To pull out this thorn, the Tsarist Government switched to backing the Persian dynasty, and now it was openly supporting the Persians' invasion of Herat.
Affected by the outbreak of war in Central Asia, the negotiations over the Gulf of Guinea also took a turn. To win international public support, the United Kingdom Government had no choice but to make concessions.
Without the United Kingdom stirring the pot, the subsequent negotiations became much easier. Since they had entered the scene too late, the French had little interest in the region, and the