Fath-Ali Shah Qajar
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Fath-Ali Shah Qajar was the second Shah of Qajar Iran. He reigned from 17 June 1797 until his death on 24 October 1834. His reign saw the irrevocable ceding of Iran's northern territories in the Cauca
Portrait by Mihr 'Ali, between 1809 and 1810 (Hermitage Museum)
Fath Ali Shah's relief added to the Taq-e Bostan ancient complex in the 19th century.
Fath 'Ali Shah, in full regalia, seated on a bejewelled floor spread in the middle of a courtly interior, flanked by his sons and advisors standing on his sides, the subject and composition echoing 19th-century Qajar oil paintings.
Fath 'Ali Shah enthroned on the Sun Throne with his twelve senior sons. At the shah's left-hand side, upper row, third person is Mohammad Taqi Mirza.
The Russo-Persian War of 1804–1813 was one of the many wars between the Persian Empire and Imperial Russia, and, like many of their other conflicts, began as a territorial dispute. The new Persian kin
This painting by Franz Roubaud illustrates an episode near the Askerna river where the Russians managed to repel attacks by a larger Persian army for two weeks. They made a "living bridge", so that two cannons could be transported over their bodies.
Illustration of the siege of Ganja Fortress in 1804 by Russian forces led by General Pavel Tsitsianov
The Iranian Envoy Mirza Mohammad-Reza Qazvini meeting with Napoleon I at the Finckenstein Palace, 27 April 1807, to sign the Treaty of Finckenstein.
Askar Khan Afshar received by Napoleon I at Saint Cloud 4 September 1808 by Benjamin Zix