Nezam-e Jadid

The Nezam-e Jadid ("The new [military] order") was a project started by the Qajar crown prince Abbas Mirza to build an up-to-date Iranian army capable of fighting in a modern environment.

[4] Samson Makintsev, a commander in Abbas Mirza's army who rose to the rank of general, was the most well-known of these Russian troops.

[2] This approach of recruiting foreign instructors was strengthened when untrustworthy forces that had fought in France were sent to the Caucasian front during the War of the Sixth Coalition in Europe.

French instructors began working at Tabriz in 1807, but after Iran severed ties with France, British officers made up the majority of the training staff.

Nezam troops started donning uniforms, initially in a color resembling Russian green and then French blue.