Javad Khan
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Javad Khan; c. 1748 – 1804 was a member of Ziyadoghlu Qajar, a clan of the Qajar tribe, as well as the sixth and the last khan of the Ganja Khanate from 1786 to 1804 before it was annexed by the Russi
Bust of Javad Khan by Gorkhmaz Sujaddinov
One of the captured warflags of Javad Khan in Ganja Khanate, 1804
Tug of Javad Khan, kept in National History Museum of Azerbaijan
Javad Khan to Tsitsianov page1
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
Javad Khan
…Knorring pointed out Javad's ambitions when he presented his request on the annexation of Georgia to new tsar Alexander I. Before and during the first Russo-Persian War (1804-1813), Ganja was considered by Russians as a town of foremost importance as it was on the road from Tiflis to Iran. Realizing this, Javad ordered…
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