Dispute between Iran and the Ottomans over border points

Subject Areas : Journal of History (Tarikh)

Bahram  Afrasiaby zin abad ¹ (Department of History, Shabestar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shabestar, Iran)
Monireh  kazemi rashed ² (Department of History, Shabestar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shabestar, Iran (Corresponding Author))
Manouchehr  samadivand ³ (Department of Islamic Education, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran)
Masomeh  Gharadaghi ⁴ (Department of History, Shabestar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shabestar, Iran)

Received: 2022-05-16 Accepted : 2022-10-13 Published : 2023-02-20

Keywords: Iran, Qajar, Ottoman, border disputes,

Abstract :

Uncertain state of borders between the two countries, clashes between border tribes from the border of Azerbaijan to Khuzestan and the support of Iranian princes to some of their chiefs, the issue of citizenship of some border tribes and the problems caused by their summer and winter, Iranian and Ottoman refugees, violent and insulting Ottoman behavior With Iranian pilgrims, Iranian-Ottoman trade issues, the ambiguous political situation in Kurdistan, and Kurdish issues, which are considered major issues in the region. Kurdish tribes sometimes caused chaos and unrest in the border areas. The Iranian Kurds were all at war with the Ottoman Kurds, killing travelers passing through their territory and looting their property. The Ottoman government also always had major problems with the Kurds of its country. In the nineteenth century, with the beginning of the weakening period of the Ottomans, we witnessed numerous Kurdish uprisings against the Ottoman government. The interference of the Russian and British governments in the relations between Iran and the Ottoman Empire was also influential, in the form of an alliance with one government against the other.