Battle of Erzurum (1821)
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The Battle of Erzurum occurred in 1821 as part of the Ottoman-Persian War of 1821-1823. The Persians were heavily outnumbered with 30,000 men and led by Abbas Mirza
against the Turks with 50,000 men. Abbas Mirza's Nezam-e Jadid successfully held out against the Ottoman new army (Nizam I Cedid).
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...
against the Turks with 50,000 men. Abbas Mirza's Nezam-e Jadid successfully held out against the Ottoman new army (Nizam I Cedid).