The Battle of Erzurum occurred in 1821 as part of the Ottoman-Persian War of 1821–1823. The

Persians The Persians are an Iranian ethnic group who comprise over half of the population of Iran. They share a common cultural system and are native speakers of the Persian language as well as of the languages that are closely related to Persian. ...

, led by crown prince

Abbas Mirza Abbas Mirza ( fa, عباس میرزا; August 26, 1789October 25, 1833) was a Qajar crown prince of Iran. He developed a reputation as a military commander during the Russo-Persian War of 1804–1813 and the Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828, a ...

himself defeated their Ottoman arch-rivals near

Erzurum Erzurum (; ) is a city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It is the largest city and capital of Erzurum Province and is 1,900 meters (6,233 feet) above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 367,250 in 2010. The city uses the double-headed eagle as ...

. The Persians were outnumbered with 30,000 men, led by Crown Prince

, against the Turks with 52,000 men.

References

Sources

* * Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East, Volume 4, Page 301–302.

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