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
Franco-Persian alliance
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A Franco-Persian alliance, also known as Franco-Iranian alliance, or the Gardane Mission, was formed for a short period between the French Empire of Napoleon I and Fath Ali Shah of Iran against Russia
The French General Horace Sebastiani negotiated a Franco-Ottoman alliance with Selim III.
Letter of Fath-Ali Shah to Napoleon I, thanking him for the letter received through M. Jaubert, and asking for military instructors, December 1806.
The Treaty of Finckenstein between Persia and France, ratified 10 May 1807.