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The Erzurum offensive (Russian: Эрзурумское сражение, romanized: Erzurumskoe srazhenie; Turkish: Erzurum Taarruzu) or Battle of Erzurum (Turkish: Erzurum Muharebesi) was a major winter offensive by the Imperial Russian Army on the Caucasus Campaign, during the First World War that led to the capture of the strategic city of Erzurum.
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The Battle of Erzurum occurred in 1821 was part of the Ottoman-Persian War of 1821–1823. Qajar Iran, led by crown prince Abbas Mirza himself, defeated their Ottoman arch-rivals near Erzurum. [1] The Iranians were outnumbered with 30,000 men, led by Crown Prince Abbas Mirza, against the Ottoman Turks with 52,000 men. [1]
The resulting battle in May 1822 was a defeat for the Ottomans, but the Iranians were unable to take advantage of their success. [ 11 ] In 1821, the Qajar army besieged Baghdad with 40,000 infantry and artillery, but Dawud Pasha successfully defended the city with 3,900 infantry and 8,800 cavalry, preventing the Qajars from breaking through.
While Shah Tahmasp was successfully leading the campaign, he decided to punish the Ottoman ruler of Erzurum Iskender Pasha and assigned it to his son Ismail Mirza. Named amirs such as Karabakh judge Shahverdi Sultan Ziyad oglu, Badr Khan Ustagli, the judge of Chukhursaed Shahgulu Sultan Ustagli, Muhammad Khan Turkman from Mosul and "one ...
The Battle of Erzurum may refer to: Battle of Erzurum (1821), Persians defeat Turks during the Ottoman–Persian War; Battle of Erzurum (1877), Turks defend the city during the Russo-Turkish War; Battle of Erzurum (1916), Russians defeat Turks during World War I
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The Battle of Erzurum was a military engagement fought between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire, during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. The battle was fought on 8-9 November 1877 on the Ottoman territory and ended with the Russians withdrawing to instead besiege Kars , which fell afterwards.