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.

Intro -- 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.

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.

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