title: Shīrvānian Beylerbey Khosrow Khān and the Russian-Persian Conflict in the Middle of 17th Century
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metadata.value: Rybar, Lukas
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2024-02-02T12:47:13Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2024-02-02T12:47:13Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023-09
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metadata.value: Rybar L. Shīrvānian Beylerbey Khosrow Khān and the Russian-Persian Conflict in the Middle of 17th Century. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2023, vol. 68, issue 3, рp. 728– 742. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu02.2023.311
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu02.2023.311
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/44768
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: In the mid-17th century, the relatively stable trade and diplomatic relations between Russia and
  Safavid Persia were disrupted by a conflict (1651–1653). The study’s main aim is to examine
  the immediate and indirect causes, and particularly, the role of Shīrvānian beylerbey Khosrow
  Khān in the conflict. According to several historians, he played an important role in this
  struggle. As the governor of the Safavid frontier province in the South Caucasus, he was an
  integral part of official Russian-Safavid trade relations. Khan’s merchants regularly travelled
  to Russia and traded at the local markets. However, Shīrvānian and Persian merchants’ trade
  sustained losses caused by frequent attacks of the Cossacks. Khosrow Khān sent several letters
  to the governors of Astrakhan and Terek complaining about these Cossack plundering raids.
  In addition, he also expressed dissatisfaction with the construction of a fortress on the territory
  at the mouth of the Terek and Sunzha rivers, which the Russians and Safavids considered their
  own sphere of political influence. All these factors gradually provoked Khosrow Khān, and
  other local Dagestani and Kumyk rulers (probably with the approval of the Safavid Shah), to
  organize military operations against the Shunza fortress. This seemingly local conflict was
  immediately noticeable at the official Russian-Safavid state diplomatic level. The research
  draws on a range of archival and published Russian and Persian sources, as well as on scholarly
  literature on the subject.
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metadata.value: The work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation within the framework of scientific research
  no. 18-78-10052 “The Documentary History of the Russian Strand of Safavid Diplomacy (1501–1722)”.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 68; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Russian-Safavid relations
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Shīrvān
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Caucasus
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: trade
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: war
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: diplomacy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: 17th century
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Shīrvānian Beylerbey Khosrow Khān and the Russian-Persian Conflict in the Middle of 17th Century
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metadata.value: Article
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