Napoleon and Persia : Franco-Persian Relations under the First Empire

The first book on this subject since 1904. It examines the growing interest of Napoleon in India, the genesis of Franco-Persian relations, Napoleon in Egypt, the British and French missions to Persia, the Franco-Persian Treaty of Finkenstein, the Persian mission to Paris, Russia's hostility to Persia, the decline of French, and the rise of Bristish, influence in Persia.