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SUMMARY:Anxious Onlookers: Qajar Iran\, Tipu Sultan’s Anti-British Allian
 ce  and Russian Expansion in the Caucasus (1797-1813)
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DESCRIPTION:British consolidation in South Asia at the turn of the 19th c
 entury witnessed the resistance of Tipu Sultan\, the renowned ruler of M
 ysore. His call for an anti-British alliance\, among others with Qajar I
 ran\, came at a time when Iran was facing Russian expansionist pressure 
 on its northern borders. British diplomatic efforts to offset Tipu Sulta
 n\, which included Captain Malcolm’s first mission to Iran in 1800 strai
 ght from the campaign that destroyed Tipu\, triggered a race for access 
 to the Qajar court\, which in due course turned Britain into a cunning m
 ediator in the Russo-Persian conflict. Tipu’s appeal\, despite its fasci
 nating Perso-Shi’i undertone shared with Qajar Iran\, remained a mere po
 tentiality overshadowed by European race for domination and the harsh re
 alities of global rearrangement.
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:A7\, Samuel Alexander Building\, Manchester
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