Russia and Iran, 1780-1828 - Muriel Atkin

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RUSSIA and IRAN 1780 - ...

Publication of this book was assisted by a grant from the IRAN-AMERICA FOUNDATION ...

RUSSIA and IRAN 1780 - 1828 Muriel Atkin The- University of Texas at San Antonio University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis ...

Copyright © 1980 by the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 2037 Univer ...

To my mother and the memory of my father ...

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Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Map of Central Asia about 1800 xiv Map of the Caucasus about 1800 xv I. Introduction: T ...

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Preface Russian expansion has been a subject of deep concern to European and Asian states ever since Peter the Great established ...

x Preface borrowing from the West first in military and later in other matters. This era marked the beginning of a prolonged cri ...

Preface xi on this unfortunate era of the country's history are presented in a few works, which still leave room for further dis ...

xii Preface the large number of their tribal inhabitants, had long traditions of sedentary urban culture and links to Iran —from ...

Acknowledgments In doing the research and writing for this book, I have received advice from many experts to whom I am very grat ...

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Introduction: The Early Stages of Russo-Iranian Relations Commercial and diplomatic contact between Iran and modern Russia devel ...