Ravābiṭ-i siyāsī va iqtiṣādī-i Īrān va Rūsiyah dar ʻaṣr-i Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh-i Qājār

Fāṭimah Ḥusayn Khurāsānī's Ravābiṭ-i siyāsī va iqtiṣādī-i Īrān va Rūsiyah dar ʻaṣr-i Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh-i Qājār examines the political and economic relationship between Qajar Iran and imperial Russia during the reign of Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh. Beginning with the history of contact between the two states, it considers the consequences of the Gulistān and Turkamānchāy treaties, territorial losses, diplomatic rivalry and the balance of power in the nineteenth century. The study follows Russian efforts to expand political influence through diplomacy, representatives and concessions, while also assessing Iran's internal weakness and the competing presence of Britain. Its economic chapters discuss commerce, customs, transport, navigation, banking, loans, monopolies and Russian investment. Drawing together treaties, correspondence and historical sources, the work presents political pressure and economic penetration as closely connected features of Iran-Russia relations in the Nāṣirī period.