"رحلة أوترام وهافلوك في بلاد فارس، بقلم النقيب ج. هـ. هانت، ٧٨ هايلاندرز. يوجد في المقدمة ملخص عن التاريخ الفارسي، تقرير عن الاختلافات المتعددة بين إنجلترا وبلاد فارس واستفسار عن أصل الحرب السابقة. بقلم جورج تاونسيند، مؤلف كتاب "ملخص أوروبا الحديثة لراسل"". [‎٦‎٩] (٣٩٠/٩٠)

modern times.
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China was the assumed cause of this ruler's
hostility. Peter put himself at the head of his
army, sailed from the Volga, and reached the
coast of Daghestan. Having issued a procla
mation, he took possession of Derbund ( a.d.
1723). A treaty was afterwards concluded
with Russia, by which it was stipulated that
the Czar should assist in expelling the Afghans
and in establishing the Persian monarch on
his throne; in return for which service the
latter agreed to cede in perpetuity to Uussia
the towns of Derbund and Baku, with the pro
vinces of Daghestan, Shirwan, Ghilan, Mazen-
deran, and Asterabad.
While the Russians were assailing Persia to
the north-west, the Turks entered Curdistan,
and at first met with great success. The
citizens of Tabreez worsted them; but in a
battle fought in 1725 the Persians met with a
terrible defeat. A partition treaty of some of
the finest provinces of Persia had been signed
between the rulers of Russia and Constan
tinople. Thus, at this early period in their
history, did the Russian Caesars commence
that policy which eventually brought them