 the treaty of gulistan (; ) was a peace treaty concluded between imperial russia and persian empire (qajar dynasty) on 24 october 1813 in the village of gulistan (in modern-day goranboy rayon of azerbaijan) as a result of the first full scale russo-persian war. the peace negotiations were precipitated by lankaran's fall to gen. pyotr kotlyarevsky on 1 january 1813. the treaty confirmed inclusion of modern day azerbaijan, daghestan and eastern georgia into the russian empire. the text was prepared by the british diplomat sir gore ouseley who served as the mediator and wielded great influence at the persian court. it was signed by nikolai fyodorovich rtischev from the russian side treaty of gulistan and mirza abolhassan khan ilchi from the iranian side. ==background and the russo-persian war== imperial russia had just sworn in a new tsar, alexander i, in 1801 and the empire was very eager to control neighboring territories as the tsar was determined to expand. a few years previously in persia, fath ali shah qajar also became the new shah after the assassination of his uncle, mohammad khan qajar in 1797. mohammad had, during his reign, killed off all of his enemies in the regions of present-day georgia and azerbaijan and claimed the areas as rightfully belonging to persia. simultaneously, russia had formally annexed the region of georgia, allowing unrestricted travel and trade between the regions and russia, furthering its public claim on the land.sicker, martin. the islamic world in decline: from the treaty of karlowitz to the disintegration of the ottoman empire. praeger publishers, 2000. pg. 98-104 persia was trying to align with france in 1801 to better position itself in case of war with russia, yet those attempts fell through. ironically, as both russia and britain were currently engaged in the napoleonic wars, fath ali shah instead brokered a deal with britain that provided persia with military support from indian-british troops in exchange for preventing any european country from entering india.keddie, nikki r.. modern iran: roots and results of revolution, updated edition. new haven: yale university press, 2006. pg. 32-39 with the a
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