Index
'Abbas (the Great) (Safavi shah), 49
'Abbas (Mirza) (Qajar): commands Iranian
army in First Russo-Iranian war, 82, 108,
109,114-15,138; employment of Russian
deserters, 106-7; character, 115, 117;
support for military Westernization, 128-
29, 135, 136, 159; favors continuing war
with Russia (1813), 139; attitude toward
peace negotiations (1812), 141; reference
to in Russo-Iranian peace (1813), 143;
succession to throne, 152; snubbed by
Ermolov, 153; eagerness for war (1820s),
154, 145-57; opposes peace with Russia
(1828), 159; later years, 160
'Abbasabad: construction, 127; capture by
Russians, 158
(Mirza) 'Abd ol-Vahhab: head of Path 'Ali's
chancellery, 114; increased power (1819
on), 156
Abkhazia: Tsitsianov wants to take, 74; sub-
mission to Russia, 102
(Mirza) Abu'l-Hasan: Iranian negotiator at
Golestan, 143, 144; embassy to St. Pet-
er'sburg, 152; increased power (1819 on),
156
(Mirza) Abu'l-Qasem, 156
Academy of Sciences (Russia), 28
Afghans, 58,113. See also Mahmud (Ghalzai)
and Zaman (Dorrani)
Alexander (Bagration prince), 109
Alexander I (tsar): policy toward the Cau-
casus and Iran, 46,47,51,63-65;advised
by Zubov brothers, 48, 49-50; reliance
on information from Armenians, 50; de-
cision to annex Georgia, 50-51, 60-62,
63; seeks peace at start of reign, 60; and
French proposal to invade India, 62, 63;
opinion of Fath 'Ali Shah, 63-64; and
Tsitsianov, 71-72, 77, 78-79,80,84-85;
on Russia civilizing the Caucasus, 75;
seeks peace with Iran (1806-1808), 101;
claims Russia controls Yerevan and Nakh-
javan, 131; on territorial concessions to
Iran after 1813, 153; news of death
reaches Iran, 157
Alexei Mikhailovich (tsar), 3
'Ali Khan, 112
'Ali Morad (Zand khan), 37
America (North), 26
Anzali: Russian commercial interest in, 33,
34, 43, 48, 52, 57; Russo-Qajar rivalry
over, 35; Paul refuses to fortify Russian
base at, 56
Aqa Mohammad (Qajar shah): Caucasian
campaign (1795), 6, 10, 19-20,39,45;
negative Russian opinion of, 6, 7, 32, 48;
rise to power, 9-10; relations with Russia,
33,34-35,37,38,40, 44, 54-55, 56; con-207