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Show 61 Some fight Iran. twenty-one The Shiah against Russia. than during years later, in 1825, clergy issued a England pushed decree for religious At this time, the Persian army the first years; the result war was was This second with Russia. in war Russia to holy a a worse again war condition continued for three the defeat of the Persian army. The Russians had advanced to Tabriz, Persian border, in part because the funds for food and munitions 200 miles inside the some king refused to (Nafisi, 1965:76-7). the army with supply After the occupation of Tabriz, the Russians dictated the Turkumanchai Treaty, the visions of which may be summarized Erivan and Nakhichevan. (2) as follows: No Iranian offical "(1) was main pro Russia annexed allowed to enter the premises owned by Russian subjects residing in Iran without prior author ization All by Russia. under the exclusive was to pay litigations involving jurisdiction war Fr Russia om kings that time on subjects of Russia of Russian authorities in Iran. twenty thousand silver rubles sacrifices that the' the as indemnity had occasions to Russia! possessed a "' came (3) Iran for 'the considerable (Ramazani, 1966:47). great influence the Persian over and court. Iran, after the assassination of Nadir Shah in the eighteenth century, lost control of Herat attempt (Afghanistan), to recover Herat and the decision brought conflict between the Persian army marched on Herat and on the part of Iran to Iran and occupied that England. area. In 1856 However, the |
