In
October,
1816/1231
H.
Ex.
Lieutenant
General
Ermolov
was
appointedas
Commander-in-Chief
of
the
Caucasian
provinces
and
Georgia
and
soon
arrived
in
Tiflis.
After
regulating
his
affairs
there,
he
made
preparations,
and
in
1817/1232,
with
some
ofhis
well-known
generals
went
to
Soltanie.
There
he
met
with
Fath
Ali
Shah
and
someQizilbash
high-rank
officials.
By
the
will
of
[Russian]
Emperor,
the
Capan
Mountain
wasdesignated
as
the
frontier
[of
Persia
and
Russia]
due
to
the
peace
treaty,
signed
byRtishchev.
Ermolov
found
it
appropriate
to
change
it
for
the
Arax
River.
(119b)
Then
he
started
regulating
the
affairs
in
[the
Caucasian]regions
and
organizing
its
government
according
to
the
new
rules
created
by
him.
In
caseof
need
he
established
new
order
in
some
places.
In
that
period
the
khans
of
Karabagh
andShirvan
ran
away
to
Qizilbashs'
country.
The
first
was
Mustoufi
Khan,
who
made
hisescape
in
1822/1234
and
then
Mahdi-qoli
Khan
-
in
1823/1238.
The
khan
of
Shaki
died
thesame
year.
These
three
Khanates
were
incorporated
into
the
Russian
State.
H.
Ex.
Ermolovopened
courts
and
appointed
Commandants,
who
had
at
their
head
the
Administrator-in-Chief(Okruzhnoi
Nachalnik),
having
his
seat
in
Shushi.
Its
government
was
set
up
by
the
ordercreated
by
him.
In
1818/1234
he
gathered
all
experts
and
registered
them.
In
1819/1235
H.
Ex.
moved
to
Daghestan,
where
fought
hard
battles
and
won
great
victories.
The
encounterslasted
for
several
years,
which
are
described
in
detail
in
the
other
book
on
the
eventshappened
there.
After
the
escape
of
the
Karabagh
and
Shirvan
khans,
in
1823/1237
thegovernor
of
Ghazi
Qumuq
with
his
son
Nuh
Khan
and
grandson
Muhammad
Khan
ran
away
fromDaghestan
to
Qizilbash
s.
Since
the
forthcoming
years
were
the
period
of
the
stablepeace
with
Qizilbashs,
and
neither
of
the
rivals
violated
it,
H.
Ex.
Ermolov
regulated
theaffairs
establishing
order
in
[Caucasian]
districts.
Major
General
Prince
Madatov
was
the
Administrator-in-Chief
of
theMoslem
provinces
and
the
Talish
Khanate.
Madatov's
courage
was
acknowledgedeverywhere.
According
to
the
concord
and
peace
relations
established
between
the
rivals,
correspondence
and
friendly
ties
were
maintained
by
him
[Madatov]
and
the
Qizilbash
highofficials.
