Table of Contents

Preface Introduction 1. Qajar Reunification The Eunuch King and reunification of Iran Aqa Muhammad Shah Defeat of the Zand Conquest of the Caucasus 2. Iran: State and Society in the Early Nineteenth Century Fath Ali Shah Qavanllu-Qajar Early Qajar state Social classes and land tenure Ulama–state relations Early nineteenth-century society The Qajar military 3. Diplomacy and War: The First Russo-Iranian War, 1804–1813 Prelude to war, 1801–1803 Abbas Mirza Qavanllu-Qajar Fall of Ganjeh, 1804 First siege of Iravan, summer 1804 The Battle of Qarabagh and the siege of Ganjeh and Badkubeh, 1805 Diplomacy and intrigue Battles of 1806 The Peaceful 1807 The Gardane mission, 1807–1809 Second siege of Iravan and the Battle of Nakhjavan, October–December 1808 The Jones Brydges mission, 1809–1810 4. Interwar Years and the Second Russo-Iranian War The Interwar years Prelude to war Russian policy toward the southeastern Caucasus Council of Sultanieh The Battlefield Causes of the Second Russo-Iranian War The aftermath Conclusion: Seven Points Chronology Appendix Biographies Notes Bibliography

Promotional Information

This book provides a detailed history of the early Qajar ascent to power and the different military challenges they faced, primarily the Russian invasions.

About the Author

Maziar Behrooz is Associate Professor of History at San Francisco State University, USA. He has authored numerous articles and book chapters on the 19th and 20th-century history of Iran. His first book, Rebels with a Cause: the Failure of the Left in Iran (1999), has been translated into Persian and Turkish. His second book, Perspectives on the History of Rebels with a Cause in Iran (2006), is a translation of a collection of articles and interviews on the left movement in Iran, published in Tehran. To find out more please visit: https://faculty.sfsu.edu/~mroozbeh

Reviews

The early Qajar period has been largely neglected by scholarship. This book therefore fills an important gap and makes a welcome contribution to our understanding of early nineteenth-century Iran, as seen through the prism of its political and military conflicts with imperial Russia.
*Stephanie Cronin, University of Oxford, UK*