Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 engagements

Battles of Abbas Mirza

Battles of Abbas Mirza

Qajar crown prince, 1789 to 1833

Abbas Mirza is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 1804 and 1827: 7 battles and 4 sieges across 5 present-day countries, most in Armenia (5), Azerbaijan (3), Iran (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,619 km apart end to end, 262 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Russo-Persian War of 1804–13 (5), Russo-Persian War of 1826–28 (4), Ottoman–Persian War of 1821–23 (2).

Battle of EchmiadzinSiege of ErivanBattle of SultanabadBattle of Tupraq QalehBattle of OshakanSiege of AbbasabadSiege of ErivanBattle of AslanduzSiege of BaghdadBattle of GanjaCapture of ErivanSiege of ErivanBattle of AslanduzSiege of BaghdadBattle of GanjaCapture of ErivanTehranAleppoDamascusBakuIsfahanTabrizMosulSamsunKirkukHamadan500 km36.999N, 46.030E
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1804: 2 engagements1808: 1 engagements1812: 2 engagements1821: 2 engagements1826: 1 engagements1827: 3 engagements3 in 182718041827
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Echmiadzin, 1804Siege of Erivan, 1804Siege of Erivan, 1808Battle of Sultanabad, 1812Battle of Aslanduz, 1812Siege of Baghdad, 1821Battle of Tupraq Qaleh, 1821Battle of Ganja, 1826Battle of Oshakan, 1827Siege of Abbasabad, 1827Capture of Erivan, 182718041827
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1804Battle of EchmiadzinArmenia
July 1804Siege of ErivanYerevan, Armenia19 km EPersian victory
1808Siege of ErivanYerevan, Armenia0 km NIranian victory
1812Battle of SultanabadAzerbaijan355 km EPersian victory
31 October 1812Battle of AslanduzAslan Duz, Iran116 km WRussian victory
1821Siege of BaghdadBaghdad, Iraq734 km SWInconclusive; Treaty of Erzurum
1821Battle of Tupraq QalehTurkey585 km NInconclusive; Treaty of Erzurum
1826Battle of GanjaGanja, Azerbaijan349 km NERussian victory
1827Battle of OshakanArmenia171 km WPersian victory
13 July 1827Siege of AbbasabadAbbasabad fortress, Azerbaijan153 km SERussian victory
1 October 1827Capture of ErivanYerevan, Armenia137 km NWRussian victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, L. HERR, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.