Indexquest of Gilan, 34; Khorasan campaign
(1796), 41; Caucasian campaign (1797),
41,42,55; strategy in fighting Russians,
109, 111; strengthens Iran's finances,
118; rejects alliance with France, 125
Aras River: 11, 18; desired by Russia as bor-
der with Iran, 10, 29, 44,45, 54, 59, 64;
limit of Zubov expedition, 42; easily
crossed by Iranians during war with Rus-
sia, 103
Araxes,see Aras
Ardabil, 18
Argutinskii-Dolgorukov, Joseph (Archbish-
op): advocate of Russian expansion in
Eastern Caucasus, 29; opinion on Russian
expedition against Iran, 39; anti-Muslim
activities, 41
Armenians: Russian interest in, 6, 30, 43,
5 2; status in Eastern Caucasus, 12,13,38;
religious center at Echmiadzin, 13; role
in Russo-Iranian trade, 31; Russian policy
toward, 41, 85, 147, 148; migration in
Eastern Caucasus, 69, 149; migration
from Iran to Russian-held territory, 109
Aslanduz (battle), 100,112-13,138-39
Astarabad: Russo-Qajar rivalry over, 35; role
in Russian trade with Asia, 49; rebellion
against Tehran government, 152
Astarabad Bay, 33
Astrakhan: trade with Baku, 17;Iranian
merchants arrested at, 56
Austria, 23
Avars: power in Eastern Caucasus, 11; alli-
ance with Bagrations against Russia, 67
Azerbaijan (Iranian): pro-Russian attitudes
of some inhabitants, 109-10; economic
status, 119-20
Baba Khan, 55. See also Path 'Ali (Qajar
shah)
Baddeley.J.F., 72-73
Bagration, Roman (Prince), 79
Bagrations (Georgian dynasty): Russian an-
nexation of Georgia, 47-48; rule ended
by Russia, attitude toward Iran, 58; res-
toration attempts, 67, 69
Baku: 10, 49; occupied by Russian troops
(1723), 5, conditions (eighteenth cen-
tury), 11, 12,13,15-16, 17, 18; support
for Aqa Mohammad, 19; Russian interestin,43;V. A. Zubov in, 45; trade with Iran,
Russia, and Caucasus, 52, 151, 152; Alex-
ander wants Russia to take, 64; taken by
Russia, 72, 86, 87; Russian siege (1804),
81; under Russian rule, 147, 150; Iranian
siege (1826), 158
Begs: traditional status in Caucasus, 14; sta-
tus under Russian rule, 148
Beliavskii, N. N., 72,73
Bell, John, 28
Bengal, 26
Bezborodko, Alexander: attitude toward
Ottoman empire, 23-24; influence on
Russian foreign policy under Paul, 47
Bonaparte. See Napoleon
(Mirza) Bozorg: administration of Azerbai-
jan, 119; cordial relations with Harford
Jones, 133, 134; criticized by Gore
Ouseley, 142; death, 156
Britain: expansion in India, 26; products
sold in Iran, 36; relations with Paul, 53;
foreign relations (1801), 62; war with
Russia (1807-1812), 100-1; subsidizes
Iran during First Russo-Iranian War, 119;
treaties with Iran (1801), 123; unwilling-
ness to aid Iran against Russia, 124, 156;
preliminary treaty with Iran (1809), 134;
treaty with Iran (1812), 134-35; role in
Iranian military westernization, 135-37,
139; treaty with Iran (1814), 154-55; de-
creasing involvement in Iran (1814 on),
154-55, 160; treaty with Iran (1828),
159; interest in Iran, 165-66
Bronevskii, S. M., 132
Brougham, Henry, 23
Butkov, P. G., 70Caspian Sea: role in international commerce,
27,33; Russian interest in southern coast,
43
Catherine II (the Great): 47, 48; policy
toward Iran compared with Peter the
Great's, 5-7; hostility toward Aqa Mo-
hammad, 6, 7, 33, 34-35, 38-39, 54; and
Russian expansion, 22; pragmatism, 23;
disagreement with Potemkin on foreign
policy, 23-24; attitude toward Christians
under Muslim rule, 24; "Greek project,"
25; policy toward eastern Asia and the
Pacific, 25, 27; admiration for The Spirit208