R. Matthee s’intéresse ici aux relations entre l’Iran et la Russie (la Moscovie) durant l’époque safavide, aspect de l’histoire des contacts diplomatiques entre l’Europe et l’Iran qui a peu attiré l’attention des chercheurs occidentaux, éclipsé notamment par d’autres moments d’histoire diplomatique de l’Occident avec l’Iran, par exemple la prise de Constantinople ou de Vienne par les Ottomans. L’histoire de ces relations, fort ancienne, se précise sur des nouvelles bases à partir du déclin de...

R. Matthee focuses here on relations between Iran and Russia (Moscow) during safavide, an aspect of the history of diplomatic contacts between Europe and Iran that attracted little attention from Western researchers, overshadowed in particular by other moments in Western diplomatic history with Iran, such as the Ottomans taking Constantinople or Vienna. The history of these relations, which was very old, became clear on new bases from the decline of...

« Anti-Ottoman Concerns and Caucasian Interests. Diplomatic Relations between Iran and Russia », in : Michel M. Mazzaoui, ed., Safavid Iran and Her Neighbors. Salt Lake City, The University of Utah Press, 2003, pp. 101-128.

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