Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1
PhD Candidate in History of Islam, Department of History of Islam, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran., Email: simin.rashidipoor@gmail.com
2
Professor in Department of History of Islamic Iran, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, Email: Zargari53@gmail.com
3
Professor in Department of History of Islamic Iran, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran, Email: Zargari53@gmail.com
Abstract
The eastern Caspian Sea was of strategic importance in the second half of the nineteenth century, and there was Russian and British colonialism, and the threat of the two to each other doubled the region's inability.
Russia, at the beginning of its influence in the region, stared at the state of affairs in the eastern Caspian Sea. Russia began its second influence in the region with military support, and they actually conquered most of Central Asia and then began to increase their influence in Afghanistan. At this point, Britain, aware of Russia's threat to India, occupied Afghanistan, preventing Russian influence in eastern Iran and preventing the Russians from approaching India. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the economic and political implications of the Russian-British competition in the eastern Caspian Sea. An examination of the existing literature and hypotheses reveals how the Russians reacted to their influence and the British response to this influence, and finally, the general policy of the two countries.
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