Battle of Sultanabad

The Battle of Sultanabad occurred on February 13, 1812, between the Russian Empire and Persian Empire where the Russians were routed at Sultanabad near the Aras River.(Journal)

The Persians were 3-4 times numerically superior led by Abbas Mirza and fought the Russians under Pyotr Kotlyarevsky. The battle occurred because of a Persian offensive into Georgia with Persian new found confidence in their Nezam-e Jadid infantry, trained by British and French officers.^[1] The Persians also obtained European cannons from the French and a Lieutenant Henry Lindsay.^[2]

The Persians won the battle by moving faster than the Russians and attacking them near their camp.^[3] Although this was a minor victory for the Persians Abbas Mirza tried to show it as a major victory.^[4]

In the end however the Persians lost the invasion due to the Russian maneuvring around the Aras River which culminated in the Battle of Aslanduz. The Persians would have given up had it not been for the news of Napoleon's invasion of Russia in the spring.(Journal)

References

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• Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies, Volume 36, Tehran Author, Article Title, page numbers needed

• Atkin, Muriel. (1980). Russia and Iran, 1780 - 1828. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0816656974

• Kazemzadeh, Firuz. (1974). Russian Penetration of the Caucasus. In Russian Imperialism: From Ivan the Great to the Revolution, ed. Taras Hunczak. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0-8135-0737-5