Fath-Ali Shah Qajar was the second Shah (king) of Qajar Iran. He reigned from 17 June 1797 until his death on 24 October 1834. His reign saw the irrevocable ceding of Iran's northern territories in the Caucasus, comprising what is nowadays Georgia, Dagestan, Azerbaijan, and Armenia, to the Russian Empire following the Russo-Persian Wars of 1804–1813 and 1826–1828 and the resulting treaties of Gulistan and Turkmenchay. These two treaties are closely tied to Fath-Ali Shah's legacy amongst Iranians, who often view him as a weak ruler.
The Treaty of Gulistan was a peace treaty concluded between the Russian Empire and Qajar Iran on 24 October 1813 in the village of Gulistan as a result of the first full-scale Russo-Persian War. The peace negotiations were precipitated by the successful storming of Lankaran by General Pyotr Kotlyarevsky on 1 January 1813. It was the first of a series of treaties signed between Qajar Iran and Imperial Russia that forced Persia to cede the territories that formerly were part of Iran.
Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov was a Russian diplomat, playwright, poet, and composer. His one notable work is the 1823 verse comedy Woe from Wit. He was Russia's ambassador to Qajar Persia, where he and all the embassy staff were massacred by an angry mob in the aftermath of the ratification of the Treaty of Turkmenchay (1828), which confirmed the cession to Russia of Persia's northern territories comprising Transcaucasia and parts of the North Caucasus. Griboyedov played a pivotal role in the ratification of the treaty. The immediate cause for the incident was Griboyedov giving refuge to Armenians who had escaped from the harems of the Persian shah and his son.
The Treaty of Turkmenchay was an agreement between Qajar Iran and the Russian Empire, which concluded the Russo-Persian War (1826–1828). It was second of the series of treaties signed between Qajar Iran and Imperial Russia that forced Persia to cede or recognize Russian influence over the territories that formerly were part of Iran.
Harem refers to domestic spaces that are reserved for the women of the house in a Muslim family. A harem may house a man's wife or wives, their pre-pubescent male children, unmarried daughters, female domestic servants, and other unmarried female relatives. In the past, during the era of slavery in the Muslim world, harems also housed enslaved concubines. In former times, some harems were guarded by eunuchs who were allowed inside. The structure of the harem and the extent of monogamy or polygyny have varied depending on the family's personalities, socio-economic status, and local customs. Similar institutions have been common in other Mediterranean and Middle Eastern civilizations, especially among royal and upper-class families, and the term is sometimes used in other contexts. In traditional Persian residential architecture, the women's quarters were known as andaruni, and in the Indian subcontinent as zenana.
The Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828 was the last major military conflict between the Russian Empire and Qajar Iran, which was fought over territorial disputes in the South Caucasus region.
The History of slavery in Iran (Persia) during various ancient, medieval, and modern periods is sparsely catalogued.
Prince Khosrow Mirza Qajar was the seventh son of Abbas Mirza and grandson of Fath-Ali Shah, King of Iran.
The Guarded Domains of Iran, alternatively the Sublime State of Iran and commonly called Qajar Iran, Qajar Persia or the Qajar Empire, was the Iranian state under the rule of the Qajar dynasty, which was of Turkic origin, specifically from the Qajar tribe, from 1789 to 1925. The Qajar family took full control of Iran in 1794, deposing Lotf 'Ali Khan, the last Shah of the Zand dynasty, and re-asserted Iranian sovereignty over large parts of the Caucasus. In 1796, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar seized Mashhad with ease, putting an end to the Afsharid dynasty. He was formally crowned as Shah after his punitive campaign against Iran's Georgian subjects.
Manuchehr Khan Gorji Mo'tamed al-Dowleh was a eunuch in Qajar Iran, who became one of the most powerful statesmen of the country in the first half of the 19th century.
Fazel Khan Mohammad Garrusi was a poet and secretary in Qajar Iran, active under Fath-Ali Shah Qajar and Mohammad Shah Qajar. From 1838, he spent his remaining years in Tiflis in the Russian Empire, having fled the country due to the schemes of the vizier of Mazandaran, Asadollah Navai.
Saints Thaddeus and Bartholomew Church of Tehran,, is an Armenian Apostolic church in Tehran, Iran. It is the oldest church in Tehran.
The Safavid imperial harem refers to the harem of the monarchs of the Safavid dynasty of Persia. The royal harem of the Safavid ruler played an important role in the history of Safavid Persia (1501-1736).
The harem of the monarchs of the Qajar dynasty (1785-1925) consisted of several thousand people. The harem had a precise internal administration, based on the women's rank.
Set Khan Astvatsatourian was an Iranian–Armenian businessman, Iran's ambassador to Great Britain, envoy to the Ottoman empire, military advisor to Fath-Ali Shah, the second Qajar shah (king) of Iran. Set Khan played a leading role in the modernization of the Persian military, working with close friend Abbas Mirza, the Crown Prince of Iran, to reform the military during The Great Game. Set Khan is immortalized in stone holding his Ottoman-jeweled dagger within the "Asia Group" statuary at the Prince Albert Memorial in London's Hyde Park.
Eskandar Khan Davidkhanian was an Iranian general, professor, the Deputy Commander of the Persian Cossack Brigade, and a member of the Davidkhanian family.
Iskandar-Khan Setkhanian (1865–1953), also known as Alexander Khan Setkhanian, was an Iranian general, the Chief of Staff of the Cossack Brigade, a Commander in the Iranian Imperial Army.
Mir-Hasan Khan was the last khan of the Talysh Khanate from 1813 to 1829. He was the son and successor of Mir-Mostafa Khan.
Allahyar Khan Devellu-Qajar Asef al-Dowleh was the prime minister of Qajar Iran under shah (king) Fath-Ali Shah Qajar from 1824 to 1828.
The Russian Embassy in Tehran is the official diplomatic mission of the Russian Federation in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Since 1915, it has been located at Atabek Garden.
