Ottoman–Persian War (1821–23)

Ottoman-Qajar War

Persian cavalry troops at the Caucasus front.

Date	1821–1823
Location	Iranian–Turkish Border, Erzurum, Eastern Anatolia
Result	Treaty of Erzurum Status quo antebellum^[1]
Territorial changes	Recognition of Pre-War Boundaries.

Belligerents

Qajar dynasty

Ottoman Empire

Commanders and leaders

Abbas Mirza

Mahmud II

Ottoman–Persian Wars
Ottoman–Safavid Wars Battle of Chaldiran War of 1532–55 1554–55 campaign War of 1578–90 War of 1603–18 War of 1623–39 Campaigns of Nader Shah War of 1730–35 War of 1743–46 Subsequent conflicts War of 1775–76 War of 1821–23

The Ottoman–Qajar War was fought between the Ottoman Empire and Qajar Empire from 1821 to 1823.^[2]

Reasons

Tensions between the two empires had been rising due to the Ottoman Empire's harboring of rebellious tribesmen from Iranian Azerbaijan. Although secretly, the Russian Empire was attempting to put pressure on the Ottoman Empire, which was at war with the Greeks.

War

Crown Prince Abbas Mirza of Persia, at the instigation of the Russian Empire, invaded Western Armenia and the areas surrounding Iranian Azerbaijan.^[1] The governor of Baghdad's invasion of Persia is defeated by Mohammed Ali Mirza who then besieges Baghdad, his untimely death ends the siege.^[3] Meanwhile, Abbas Mirza marched into eastern Anatolia with 30,000 troops and met an Ottoman army of 50,000 at the Battle of Erzurum. Abbas Mirza scored a crushing defeat over the Ottomans despite being severely outnumbered and his army suffering from a cholera epidemic.^[1]

Result

Peace was not concluded until the Treaty of Erzurum two years later; both sides recognized the previous borders, with no territorial changes. Also included in the treaty, was the guaranteed access for Persian pilgrims to holy sites within the Ottoman Empire.^[1]

Notes

1 2 3 4 Tucker 2010, p. 1140.
↑ Sicker 2001, p. 118.
↑ Ward 2009, p. 76.

References

Sicker, Martin (2001). The Islamic World in Decline: From the Treaty of Karlowitz to the Disintegration of the Ottoman Empire. Praeger.
Tucker, Spencer C., ed. (2010). A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle. III. ABC-CLIO.
Ward, Steven R. (2009). Immortal: A Military History of Iran and Its Armed Forces. Georgetown University Press.

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