Iranian Colonial Empire?

You know thinking about it Iran has always had more influence out east rather than West. While it may not be colonies in Africa Iran has for the most part ruled Central Asia and parts of India. Perhaps a more successful Persia colonizes North India?
 
You know thinking about it Iran has always had more influence out east rather than West. While it may not be colonies in Africa Iran has for the most part ruled Central Asia and parts of India. Perhaps a more successful Persia colonizes North India?

Past few centuries had the Ottomans in the way of expansion west, so it was rather difficult to go that way to expand. But the Seljuks (Persian enough) did a good job expanding west, and so did Sassanids and Achaemenids. Central Asia, despite the vast potential (maybe to Persia like what Siberia was to Russia?), is sadly a sideshow compared to the immediate wealth of India.

Persian Sibiria

Doesn't matter if it's real life or Victoria II, that's still a pain thanks to those damn Russians. As far as Kazakhstan might be doable (for a good Persia wank), sure.

But maybe in a Russia screw, you could have Persians colonising Siberia. Seems as logical a choice as any other.
 
What potential could Persia find in Central Asia? As far as I know, it's just a bunch of dry steppes with moderate coal and oil deposits.
 
What potential could Persia find in Central Asia? As far as I know, it's just a bunch of dry steppes with moderate coal and oil deposits.
Does Persia have much coal?

Also, i should have made it clear that i am referring to IRL plausibility, in Pdox games you can theoretically do anything so to ask if it makes sense to do X in victoria 2 is boring :p
 
What potential could Persia find in Central Asia? As far as I know, it's just a bunch of dry steppes with moderate coal and oil deposits.

Land (farm some cotton, farm whatever) and plenty of resources. Further lockdown of the world's fossil fuels reserves. Persia with 1801 borders in the west plus Central Asia (basically the entire "Persian cultural sphere") has utterly ridiculous amount of fossil fuels. Something like 1/3 of the entire world's proven natural gas reserves (as of now). Even more ridiculous if done by the early 20th century.

Since the fringes of the Arabian peninsula like Qatar, Bahrain, and as mentioned, Oman, have fallen under Persian control (and otherwise been influenced by Persia) in the past, that's even more oil and natural gas. And not just that, go check all the other stuff you can dig out of Central Asia.
 
Top