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Encyclopedia: Treaty of Gulistan |
 | | Gulistan Peace Treaty of 1813, a peace treaty between imperial Russia and Persia, signed on October 24 (November 5) in a village of Gulistan in Karabakh at the end of the Russo-Persian War of 1804-1813. |
 | | According to this treaty, Persia (Iran) lost its territories to the north of Aras River and recognized Russia's authority over Dagestan, Georgia, Megrelia, Imeretia, Guria, Abkhazia and khanates of Baku, Karabakh, Ganja, Shirvan, Shekin, Derbent, and Talysh. |
 | | Under Ouseley's auspices, the preliminary treaty was converted into the Definitive Treaty of Friendship and Alliance in 1812, which confirmed the earlier promises of military assistance and increased the amount of the subsidy for that purpose to c150,000 (Donboli, pp. |
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