Battle of Sultanabad
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The Battle of Sultanabad occurred on February 13, 1812, between the Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...

 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
Abbas Mirza
Prince, Field-Marshal Abbas Mirza born Amol city , was a Qajar crown prince of Persia. He developed a reputation as a military commander during wars with Russia and the Ottoman Empire, as an early modernizer of Persia's armed forces and institutions, and for his death before his father, Fath Ali...

 and fought the Russians under Pyotr Kotlyarevsky
Pyotr Kotlyarevsky
Pyotr Stepanovich Kotlyarevsky was a Russian military hero of the early 19th century.-Biography:He was born in the village of Olkhovatka near Kharkov into a cleric's family. Kotlyarevsky was brought up in an infantry regiment quartered near Mozdok...

. 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. The Persians also obtained European cannons from the French and a Lieutenant Henry Lindsay.

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

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
Battle of Aslanduz
The Battle of Aslanduz occurred on October 31, 1812, between Russia and Persia. The 10-times numerically superior Persians were led by Abbas Mirza. The Russians, led by the charismatic General Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, were victorious and stormed Lenkoran in the beginning of 1813, thus ending any Persian...

. The Persians would have given up had it not been for the news of Napoleon's invasion of Russia in the spring.(Journal)
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