300px|The hill of Dengil Tepe (modern Turkmenistan), after being captured by Russians The Treaty of Akhal (, ), also known as Akhal-Khorasan  Convention, was an agreement signed by Qajar Iran and Imperial Russia on 21 September 1881 to mark Iran's official recognition of Khwarazm's (mostly the territory of present-day Turkmenistan) annexation by the Russian Empire. Although Iran had won a clear victory in the last Ottoman–Persian War (1821–23) over their Ottoman arch rivals, it had been considerably weakened by years of ineffective rulers, the defeat against Russia in 1813 and 1828 in which they lost all of the Caucasus, and with the increasing occupation by the British Empire of Egypt, during the years of 1873 to 1881, and on top of that the decaying Ottoman Empire, Imperial Russia stepped up its campaign to wrest full control over Central Asia. Hence forces led by Generals Mikhail Skobelev, Ivan Lazarev, and Konstantin Kaufman spearheaded the campaign, with Iran unable to react. The immobilized Naser al-Din Shah Qajar sent foreign secretary Mirza Sa'eed Khan Mo'tamen ol-Mulk to meet Ivan Zinoviev and sign a treaty in Tehran. History  Towards the end of the 19th century, Russia had a task to prevent British expansion in Central Asia. To this end, it was necessary to conquer Turkestan. In this case, almost the entire basin of the Caspian Sea would be under the control of Russia. After the Akhal-Teke expedition and the capture of Geok Tepe by general Mikhail Skobelev, the Qajar ruler Naser al-Din Shah Qajar sent foreign secretary Mirza Sa'eed Khan Mo'tamen ol-Mulk to meet Ivan Zinoviev to prepare for the signing of a treaty that would regulate relations between Russia and Iran in Central Asia.
The Treaty of Akhal (, ), also known as Akhal-Khorasan Boundary Convention, was an agreement signed between Qajar Iran and Imperial Russia on 21 September 1881 to mark Iran's official recognition of Khwarazm's (mostly the territory of present-day Turkmenistan) annexation by the Russian Empire. Although Iran had won a clear victory in the last Ottoman–Persian War (1821–23) over their Ottoman arch rivals, it had been considerably weakened by years of ineffective rulers, the defeat against Russia in 1813 and 1828 in which they lost all of the Caucasus, and with the increasing occupation by the British Empire of Egypt, during the years of 1873 to 1881, and on top of that the decaying Ottoman Empire, Imperial Russia stepped up its campaign to wrest full control over Central Asia. Hence forces led by Generals Mikhail Skobelev, Ivan Lazarev, and Konstantin Kaufman spearheaded the campaign, with Iran unable to react. The immobilized Naser al-Din Shah Qajar sent foreign secretary Mirza Saeed Khan Ansari to meet Ivan Zinoviev and sign a treaty in Tehran. History 300px|The hill of Dengil Tepe (modern Turkmenistan), after being captured by Russians Towards the end of the 19th century, Russia had a task to prevent British expansion in Central Asia. To this end, it was necessary to conquer Turkestan. In this case, almost the entire basin of the Caspian Sea would be under the control of Russia. After the Akhal-Teke expedition and the capture of Geok Tepe by general Mikhail Skobelev, the Qajar ruler Naser al-Din Shah Qajar sent foreign secretary Mirza Saeed Khan Ansari to meet Ivan Zinoviev to prepare for the signing of a treaty that would regulate relations between Russia and Iran in Central Asia.
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