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GENERAL LIEUTENANT PAULUCCI'S RULE IN CAUCASIAN PROVINCES AND THE EVENTS OF THE PERIOD

In September of 1811/1227 H. Ex. Lieutenant General Marquis Paulucciwas appointed the governor of Georgia and came to Tiflis. Colonel Kotliarevskii was sentto Akhalkalak (Akharkalak). He attacked the fortress Akhalkalak in December and conqueredit. General Marquis made for Baku and arrived at Ganje with a big army. There he set freeJavad Khan's imprisoned family and other Qizilbash khans and departed for Baku. Atthe meantime, the people of Kakhet and Qisiq were revolting. Major General Simonovich withPrince Orbelianov went to suppress them and soon, calmed them down.

At that time, in 1812/1228 Ja'far-qoli Aqa the grandson of IbrahimKhan of Karabagh ran away to the Qizilbash State. Afterwards, the Crown Prince AbbasMirza attacked and crushed [the Russian] detachment (battalion) at Qorchi. (117b) Thedetailed description of the events is the following:

Ja'far-qoli Aqa, the son of Muhammad Hasan Aqa, was always on badterms with his uncle Mahdi-qoli Khan. On account of the inducement of the aforementionedKhan the Russian Government summoned him to Tiflis, then to Russia. When he was arrestedand led away, reaching to the river Tartar, he asked an officers of his guard to allow himcross the river on horse, because he feared from passing it in a carriage. Then he mounteda horse and made his escape. He gathered around some of his subjects and left forQizilbashs' State. At that time, Abbas Mirza had come with his army and stoppedat a place called Aslanduz, by the bank of the Arax. In the winter of the same year[Ja'far-qoli Aqa] led Prince Abbas Mirza with his soldiers and artillery tofight against Mahdi-qoli Khan. The latter, at that time, had come to the place calledQorchi and was engaged in quietening the Tarakeme tribes. A severe battle continued twodays, a great number of Qizilbashs were murdered there. At last the Tarakeme and otherMoslem tribes, under the threat of Qizilbashs' plunder, were persuaded to come to the[Russian] camp. But when the women of the tribes, got in the rows of Russian troops, theyput them into confusion. The enemy, in front of the army and the tribes behind it, smashedthe Russians. Some of them yielded, the rest were murdered. Mahdi-qoli Khan, thence, escaped to the Shushi fortress.

In the same winter Ja'far-qoli Aqa with many of his tribes andsubjects, moved (118a) to the Qizilbash [country]. He also stayed there until the year thepeace treaty was signed. Then, again, returned to Karabagh.

When the news about the Qorchi got to General Marquis, he made forKarabagh and soon arrived at Shushi. He reproached some of his men for that, then gettinga letter from his wife about the revolt risen by the Georgians in Kakhet and Qisiq, hastened to Tiflis. Although he had apprehensions from the Qazakh tribes, they met him onhis way and conveyed with honor to Tiflis. He attacked the rebelled Georgians many timesand robbed them. At that time word spread about the campaign of the French against Russia. General Marquis was relieved of his post and called back to Russia.