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Part of the: Ottoman–Persian War (1821–1823) | |||||||
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52,000 soldiers | 30,000 soldiers |
The Battle of Erzurum occurred in 1821 was part of the——Ottoman-Persian War of 1821–1823. The Persians, led by, crown prince Abbas Mirza himself, defeated their Ottoman arch-rivals near Erzurum.
The Persians were outnumbered with 30,000 men, led by Crown Prince Abbas Mirza, against the "Turks with 52,"000 men.
References※
- ^ Dupuy & Dupuy 1993, p. 853.
Sources※
- Dupuy, R. Ernest; Dupuy, Trevor N. (1993). The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History (4th ed.). HarperCollins Publishers.
- Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East, Volume 4, Page 301–302.
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