In
February
of
1812/1228
Lieutenant
General
Rtishchev
was
appointed
tothe
post
of
Administrator-in-Chief
of
Caucasus
and
Georgia.
Arriving
in
Tiflis
he
startedregulating
its
affairs.
In
October
of
the
same
year
Major
General
Kotliarevskii,
namedAghzi
pare
General,
made
a
night
attack
from
Amaras
upon
Abbas
Mirza,
who
was
atAslanduz,
and
crushed
his
army.
The
details
of
that
event
are
as
follows:
The
General
advanced
with
a
blood-thirsty
regiment,
Qazakh
cavalry(118b)
and
a
group
of
brave
warriors
of
Karabagh.
With
the
guidance
of
Murad
KhanDelaqarde
(Deraghorde)
they
crossed
the
Arax
by
the
light
of
a
lamp
and
got
to
the
camp
ofAbbas
Mirza.
At
sunrise
they
attacked
him
at
Aslanduz.
When
the
artillery
fired
froma
side
upon
his
camp,
the
Qizilbashs
leaped
out
from
sleep,
threw
their
tents
and
thingsaside
and
ran
to
the
fortifications
constructed
on
the
Aslanduz
hill.
General
occupied
thecamp
and
stopped
there.
In
the
next
night
they
started
the
attack
upon
the
fortifications.
At
dawn
the
soldiers
made
an
assault
from
two
sides.
It
was
still
dark
and
all
thesoldiers
stayed
at
their
places
in
a
row.
The
[Qizilbash]
warriors
thinking
that
the[Russian]
soldiers
had
already
penetrated
into
the
fortress,
were
confused
and
startedfighting
one
against
another.
They
killed
their
friends
without
recognizing
them,
and
leftthe
fortress
continuing
the
fight.
Many
of
them
were
captured
by
the
Russians
or
killed.
Abbas
Mirza
fell
in
a
pit
and
remained
there
with
dead
bodies
until
one
of
hisservants
noticed
him
and
brought
a
horse
for
him.
[Abbas]
mounted
the
horse
andescaped
to
Tabriz.
General
Kotliarevskii
returned
with
triumph
and
spoils
of
war
toKarabagh.
He
stayed
there
for
a
while,
then
in
January
of
1813/1228
recruited
an
armyagain
and
marched
on
Lenkoran
and
Talish.
The
winter
of
that
year
was
so
cold
that
eventhe
warm
waters
of
the
[Caspian]
Sea
were
covered
with
ice.
The
General
left
the
fortressShushi
to
attack
the
Argevan
fortress
with
no
fear
and
doubt:
he
fought
fierce
battlesthere.
Although
many
people
died
there
because
of
both
the
frost
and
the
fight,
and
theGeneral
himself
got
several
wounds,
the
fortress
was
captured.
Later,
after
conquering
theseat
of
the
Talish
Khan,
General
[Kotliarevskii]
was
back.
In
October,
1813/1229
General
Rtishchev
started
peace
negotiations.
Mirza
Abul
Hasan
came
with
a
group
of
people
to
the
enemy
land
for
parley.
The
peacetreaty
of
Gulistan
was
signed.
Soon
afterwards,
the
alarmed
world
calmed
down
a
little.
After
some
time
General
Rtishchev
was
relieved
of
his
post
and
instead
of
him
Ermolov
wasappointed
to
the
post
of
Administrator-in-Chief.
