đź“… 22 February 1828
The Treaty of Turkmenchay ended the 1826–1828 war. Iran ceded the Erivan and Nakhchivan khanates, accepted an indemnity and confirmed Russia’s exclusive Caspian warship rights, consolidating Russian...
đź“… 31 October 1812
Russian troops defeated Abbas Mirza’s army at Aslanduz. The defeat weakened Iran’s ability to resist Russian territorial demands. British officer Charles Christie, who had remained in Iranian service,...
đź“… 11 February 1829
A crowd attacked the Russian mission in Tehran, killing ambassador Alexander Griboedov and other staff. The crisis followed the unequal Turkmenchay settlement; conflicting Iranian and Russian accounts...
đź“… 1 June 1804
Russia’s push to secure control over eastern Caucasian khanates brought Qajar Iran into war. Iranica dates the war’s opening to June 1804, when Russian commander Pavel Tsitsianov appeared before...
đź“… 1 July 1826
After years of border disputes and Russian expansion, fighting resumed between Qajar Iran and Russia. Iranica dates the conflict to 1826–28; this month marker uses July 1826 as the conventional...
đź“… 22 February 1828
The treaty ending the second Russo-Iranian war transferred the khanates of Erevan and Nakhchivan to Russia, imposed an indemnity, and expanded Russian commercial privileges. It formalized a sharp...
