212Westernization, 135; treaty negotiations,
136; role in Russo-Iranian peace talks
(1810), 140-41Kalb 'Ali (Nakhjavan khan), 69
Kariagin, Colonel, 100
Karim (Zand Khan): controls most of Iran
(1749-1779), 8-9; near bankrupt treasury,
118
Kars,67
Khan, 13
Khan Chopans: religious affairs, 12; seize
power in Shirvan, 17-18
Khoi: claimed by Ebrahim Khalil Khan of
Qarabagh, 19;attackedby Qajars (1800),
57; Tsitsianov wants to take, 73, 95 ; foc-
us of Iranian campaign (1827), 158
Khorasan: remains outside Aqa Mohammad's
control, 10; claimed by Iran and Afghans,
55; Iranian campaign in (1800), 58
Knorring, Karl: role in Russian annexation
of Georgia, 50-51, 60, 61, 63; represents
Russia in Caucasus, 62; unsuccessful deal-
ings with Eastern Caucasian khans, 67-70
Kochubei, Victor, 49, 61,62
Kotliarevskii, Peter: career and attitudes, 70-
71: role in First Russo-Iranian War, 100,
121,138
Kovalenskii, Russian political agent: report
on Iran, 55; Paul councils restraint in
dealing with Iran, 56
Kuchuk Kainarja, Treaty of, 25
Kura River: 10, 11, 18; agricultural region,
16; limit of Zubov expedition, 42; Rus-
sia's desired border with Iran, 54,59, 64
Kurds, 11, 12
Lankaran, 100, 139
Lazarev, Ivan, 70
Legislative Commission (Russia), 23
Lermontov, Michael, 104
Lesghis (Lakz), 11,102
Lindesay, Henry, 136, 137, 138
Lisanevich, D. T.,87-88
Lofitskii, Collegiate Assessor, 80
Lomonosov, Michael, 26
Lotf'Ali (Zand khan), 10Macdonald (Kinneir), John, 155, 159
Mahdi Qoli (Qarabagh khan), 146, 157
Mahmud (Ghalzai),4Malcolm, John: first mission to Iran, 123;
second mission to Iran, 133; third mission
to Iran, 134; and Iranian military Wester-
nization, 135; low opinion of Path 'Ali
Shah, 136
Malta, 60
Manesty, Samuel, 124
Mashhad-e Sar, 33
Mazandaran, 33, 35
MehrabKhan, 112
Mexico, 27
Mingrelia, 102
Minto, Lord, 140; sends John Malcolm to
Iran, 133; undercuts Jones mission,
134
Mohammad (Yerevan khan): refuses to sub-
mit to Zubov, 40; sides with Iran against
Russia, 69; pressured by Iran and Russia,
76
Mohammad (Mirza) (Qajar), 160, 161
Mohammad 'Ali (Mirza) (Qajar): eagerness
for war with Ottoman Empire, 113; char-
acter, 115-17; courted by Ermolov, 153;
death, 156
Mohammad Hasan (Qajar khan), 9
Mohammad Hosein (Mirza) (Qajar), 156
(Mirza) Mohammad Reza, 125
Moira, Lord, 154
Monteith, William, 136
Montesquieu, C. L. de Secondat, Baron de,
27
Moqri (Qarabagh), 144
Morrier, James, 141, 154, 155
Morteza Qoli (Qajar khan): rival of Aqa Mo-
hammad, 35; Catherine wants to make
him shah, 40; Catherine's aloofness to-
ward, 53
Mostafa (Shirvan khan): relations with Rus-
sia, 66, 87; flight to Iran and return to
Shirvan, 146; son enters Russian service,
148; role in Second Russo-Iranian War,
157
(Mirza) Musa, 129-30
Muscovy, 3-4
Musin-Pushkin, Apollo, 51, 60Nader (Afshar shah): reign, 8; supports Shia
ruler in Shakki, 16; death, 19; ousts Sa-
favis, 93
Nakhjavan: 10;economic status, 16;rela-
tions with Yerevan, 19; relations withIndex