Özet:

The Russian expansion into the Transcaucasus from the last quarter of the 18th Century, that carried out by means of enter into the territories, which were controlled by Persian and Ottoman states, initiated a new historical period that had been used widely instruments such as diplomacy, war and etc. for international politics. Russian occupation actions continued by means of absorbing Georgian and Armenian communities in the region, but shortly after, Russians encountered widely resistance of Muslims and Qajar dynasty, which were non-compromise about traditional policy of their ancestors. As a consequence broke out the war between two states, and continued nine years. On June 10, 1804, until the time when the Qajar ruler Fath Ali Shah (1797-1834) declared war on Russia, we can propound many reasons about caused of the war between two sides. In this paper, we will try to reveal main reasons that caused war between Russia and Iran (Qajar) states.

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