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.