Battle of Erzurum (1821)

Battle of Erzurum

Part of the Ottoman–Persian War (1821–1823)

Date	1821
Location	Erzurum, now in Turkey
Result	Persian victory^[1]

Belligerents

Ottoman Empire

Persian Empire

Commanders and leaders

Mahmud II

Abbas Mirza

Strength

50,000 soldiers

30,000 soldiers

The Battle of Erzurum occurred in 1821 as part of the Ottoman-Persian War of 1821-1823. The Persians, led by crown prince Abbas Mirza himself scored a crushing defeat over their Ottoman arch rivals near Erzurum, securing a Persian victory.

The Persians were heavily outnumbered with 30,000 men, led by Crown Prince Abbas Mirza, against the Turks with 50,000 men. However, the Persian army had recently been undergoing new modernisations according to the most up to date European models, with leadership of Abbas Mirza's brother, Dowlatshah, as part of the modernising policy known as Nezām-e Jadīd.

References

↑ R. Ernest Dupuy and Trevor N. Dupuy, The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History, 4th edition, (HarperCollins Publishers, 1993), 853.

Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East, Volume 4, Page 301-302.

Battles involving the Ottoman Empire by era

Rise (1299–1453)

Land battles	Bapheus Dimbos Pelekanon Demotika Ihtiman Sırp Sındığı Maritsa Dubravnica Savra Pločnik Bileća Kosovo Rovine Nicopolis Ankara Çamurlu Zlatica Kunovica Varna Kosovo (2nd)

Classical Age (1453–1550)

Land battles	Albulena Târgoviște Jajce Ohrid Vaslui Valea Albă Breadfield Otlukbeli Krbava Çaldıran Mercidabık Han Yunus Ridanieh Tlemcen Mohács Sokhoista

Naval battles	Zonchio Modon Diu Algiers (1516) Formentera Algiers (1529) Tunis Preveza Alborán Algiers (1541) Ponza Djerba

Transformation (1550-1700)

Land battles	Mostaganem Szigeth Çıldır Torches Wadi al Laban Sisak Călugăreni Giurgiu Keresztes Sevan Urmia Cecora 1st Khotyn Candia Köbölkút Saint Gotthard Ladyzhyn Krasnobród Nemyriv 2nd Khotyn 2nd Vienna 2nd Mohács Slankamen Cenei Ustechko Lugos Ulaş Zenta

Naval battles	Lepanto Cape Corvo Cape Celidonia Focchies 1st Dardanelles 2nd Dardanelles 3rd Dardanelles 4th Dardanelles Oinousses Andros

Old Regime (1700–1789)

Land battles	Pruth Petrovaradin Banja Luka Grocka Stavunchany Aspindza Larga Yeghevārd Ganja Kozludzha Kagul

Naval battles	Imbros Matapan Chesma 1st Kerch Strait

Modernization (1789–1908)

Land battles	Focşani Rymnik Măcin Pyramids Abukir Arpachai Al-Safra Jeddah Čegar Alamana Gravia Erzurum Valtetsi Doliana Dragashani Sculeni Vasilika Peta Dervenakia Karpenisi Arachova Kamatero Phaleron Petra Kulevicha Algiers Konya Nezib Kurekdere Oltenitza Eupatoria Kızıl Tepe Shipka Pass Plevna Philippopolis Taşkesen Novšiće Ulqin Mouzaki Domokos

Naval battles	2nd Kerch Strait Kaliakra Athos Nauplia Samos Gerontas Navarino Sinop

For the 20th century battles before 1914 see List of Ottoman battles in the 20th century

For the battles in the World War I see List of Ottoman battles in the World War I

Ottoman victories are in bold.

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