Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Map of Central Asia about 1800 -- Map of the Caucasus about 1800 -- I. Introduction: The Early Stages of Russo-Iranian Relations -- II. The Iranian Empire and the Caucasian Borderlands at the End of the Eighteenth Century -- III. Russian Expansion under Catherine the Great -- IV. Russian Policy: Questions and Continuity -- V. Russia's Conquest of the Eastern Caucasus -- VI. The Origins of the First Russo-Iranian War -- VII. The War, 1804-1813 -- VIII. France and Britain in Iran -- IX. The Consequences of the Struggle for the Eastern Caucasus -- X. Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.