Persio Ottoman alliance?

Thing is, I want a latest possible pod for this. I had an idea of a central powers Iran, but I'm not sure if they could contribute much even with the others opening fronts in Russia.
 
As in, they both actively assist each other. Like, they greatly increase trade with each other, they share technological innovations, they cooperate on joint projects like a Tehran to Istanbul railway, etc

Well sure... I mean when Oil is useful, they can trade it by railroad to the Black Sea or the Mediterranean. Baku Oil is a useful good. Technological innovations... I don't know. They need to invent things first... Railroads are a likely joint project in such a theoretical alliance.
 
Latest is 1768. No Russo-Turkish War may avoid Russian interests in the Caucasus which may help the Persians stabilize the the Caucasus.
Could this alliance form the basis of a supranational union of sorts? Like, initially many Muslim states in central asia and the Caucasus would join the perso - ottoman camp for security against Russia. And maybe that becomes super successful and starts a snowball rolling of other muslim states joining the alliance as defense against western imperialism.
 
Could this alliance form the basis of a supranational union of sorts? Like, initially many Muslim states in central asia and the Caucasus would join the perso - ottoman camp for security against Russia. And maybe that becomes super successful and starts a snowball rolling of other muslim states joining the alliance as defense against western imperialism.

That would only be possible if the Ottoman-Persian alliance could project power outside their states. By 1800 this is no longer the case. Or you'd need an even earlier PoD. The Russians have an advantage in the Northern Caucasus if necessary.
 
That would only be possible if the Ottoman-Persian alliance could project power outside their states. By 1800 this is no longer the case. Or you'd need an even earlier PoD. The Russians have an advantage in the Northern Caucasus if necessary.
Maybe an alt ww1 could lead to Russia fighting Germany, thus opening a front in Europe and lessening their ability to project power into central Asia?
 
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