From the Kur to the Aras: A Military History of Russia's Move Into the South Caucasus and the First Russo-Iranian War, 1801-1813

Description

In From the Kur to the Aras George A. Bournoutian presents, for the first time, the military history of the First Russo-Iranian War using both Russian and Iranian primary sources of the period. Contents Foreword Preface Transliteration, Toponymy and Dates Abbreviated Titles Maps Chapter 1 The Antecedents Chapter 2 Opening Gambit Chapter 3 Prelude to the War February 1803–January 1804 1 The Siege and Storming of Ganjeh Chapter 4 All-Out War March–October, 1804 1 The Battle of Üç-Kilisa (Ejmiatsin) 2 The Siege of Yerevan Chapter 5 Coercion and Expansion January 1805–February 1806 Chapter 6 War on Many Fronts 1806–1809 1 Baku and Talesh 2 Qarabagh 3 Darband, Baku and Qobbeh 4 Shakki 5 Shirvan 6 War with the Ottomans 7 The Franco-Iranian Alliance 8 The Second Siege of Yerevan Chapter 7 Between War and Peace April 1809–February 1812 Chapter 8 The Road to Golestan February 1812–October, 1813 Some Conclusions Appendix 1 The Role of the Armenians in the Russian Move into the South Caucasus Appendix 2 Georgia and the Khanates of South Caucasus in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century Appendix 3 The Iranian and Russian Armies Appendix 4 Treaty of Golestan [Gulistan] 12 [24] October, 1813 Ratifications Exchanged in Tiflis on September 15, 1814 Appendix 5 Glossary of Names Bibliography Index