Treaty of Constantinople (1724)
Type | Peace |
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Context |
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Signed | 12 June 1724 |
Location | Constantinople |
Mediators | France |
Parties |
The Treaty of Constantinople (Russian: Константинопольский договор,)[1] Russo-Ottoman Treaty[2] or Treaty of the Partition of Persia (Iran Mukasemenamesi)[3] was a treaty concluded on 24 June 1724 between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire, dividing large portions of the territory of mutually neighbouring Safavid Iran between them.[4]
The Russians and the Ottomans were engaged in a race to occupy more Iranian territories and were about to engage in a war over the occupation of
As the Ottomans and Russians both neighboured each other as well as Iran for centuries, and all three were geo-political rivals of each other, the matter was taken into the highest regard. With France as intermediary, the two governments of the Ottoman Empire and Russia eventually signed a treaty in
The treaty furthermore specified that if Safavid Iran, at that time led by the regime of king Tahmasp II, would refuse to accept the treaty both Imperial Russia and the Porte would take common action against Iran and install a puppet ruler.[12]
However, the gains for both Russia and Ottoman Empire proved to be very brief, for the 1732
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References
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- ^ Alexander Mikaberidze. "Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia" ABC-CLIO 2011. p 726
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- ^ "The New Cambridge Modern History: Volume 6, The Rise of Great Britain and Russia" 1970. p 654
- ^ "The New Cambridge Modern History: Volume 6, The Rise of Great Britain and Russia" 1970. p 654
- ^ Alexander Mikaberidze. "Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia" ABC-CLIO 2011. p 726
- ^ Alexander Mikaberidze. "Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia" ABC-CLIO 2011. p 726