When
Abbas
Mirza
stopped
at
Evoghli
near
Khoy,
he
learned
thatPrince
Eristov
had
passed
by
Abasabad
and
was
heading
across
Marand
towards
Tabriz.
This
was
the
Commander-in-Chief's
order.
So
the
prince
[Abbas
Mirza]
made
forMarand,
stopped
at
Harzand,
to
attract
[Eristov's]
attention.
The
prince
arrived
atHarzand
with
his
guard
and
found
out
that
Prince
Paskevich
had
already
left
it
appointingsoldiers
to
defend
it.
Again
[Abbas
Mirza]
was
back
to
Evoghli.
Meanwhile,
therumors
reached
to
them
that
the
Commander-in-Chief
had
completed
his
engagement
inSardarabad
and
Erevan
and
set
out
for
Khoy.
One
evening
a
cloud
of
dust
was
seen
from
the
other
side
of
the
Arax.
The
alarmed
Qizilbash
soldiers
thought
that
it
was
risen
by
the
Commander-in-Chief'sarmy,
which
had
crossed
the
river
and
was
riding
in
their
direction.
All
of
them
tooktheir
belongings
and
took
to
flight
towards
Khoy.
When
the
scouts
found
out
that
it
wasthe
dust
raised
by
a
flock,
which
had
come
to
the
river
to
drink,
(147a)
Abbas
Mirzawas
upset.
He
said,
"Its
stupid
enough
to
war
against
Russians
with
an
army,
thattakes
to
flight
scared
from
the
dust
raised
by
a
flock".
Then
he
added:
"I'm
one
of
the
most
unfortunate
kings,
because
every
king
had
an
enemy
equal
to
him
and
could
either
win
a
victory
or
escape
andsave
his
life.
But
my
enemy
is
not
equal
to
me.
It's
a
powerful
rival
like
theRussians.
I
can
neither
overcome
nor
escape
from
it".
Afterwards,
[Abbas
Mirza]
hurried
to
Tabriz
through
Guney
andTasudj
to
get
there
before
the
Russians'
arrival.
He
aimed
at
starting
peacefulnegotiations
with
them.
However,
before
he
arrived
at
a
manzel
distance
fromTabriz,
he
was
informed
that
Prince
Eristov
had
entered
the
town
accompanied
by
NazarAli
Khan
of
Marand's
sons.
The
detailed
account
of
the
events
is
as
follows:
Prince
Eristov,
by
order
of
Paskevich
was
assigned
to
take
the
troops,
cross
the
Arax
andmarch
to
Tabriz.
Thus,
Prince
Eristov
crossed
the
Arax
with
the
troops
being
at
hisdisposal
and
came
to
Marand.
There
the
sons
of
Nazar
Ali
Khan
of
Marand,
who
grievedfor
their
father's
suffocation,
had
stepped
aside
from
Abbas
Mirza
and
soughtan
opportunity
to
avenge,
rendered
obedience
and
swore
loyalty
to
the
Prince
[Eristov].
The
Prince,
on
his
behalf,
reassured
and
quietened
them.
A
few
days
later
they
incited
andpersuaded
the
prince
to
move
to
Tabriz.
So,
(147b)
after
some
preparations
H.
Ex.
PrinceEristov
moved
from
Marand
towards
Tabriz
guided
and
led
by
them.
As
soon
as
Russian
troops
arrived
at
the
neighborhood
of
Tabriz,
itspeople
opened
the
gates.
They,
with
the
keys
of
the
gates
and
some
bread
and
salt,
anevidence
of
their
obedience,
welcomed
the
Prince's
arrival
accompanied
by
high-rankofficials,
noblemen,
Fath
Ali
beglarbeg
and
Aqa
Mir
Fateh
mojtahed.
Still,
before
they
met
the
prince
a
cannon
fired
from
the
gate.
The
Prince
thought
thatthey
had
the
intention
to
fight,
but
soon
he
was
explained
that
it
was
a
fire
ofsalutation.
Thus,
everybody
was
honored
with
the
prince's
reception,
and
the
latterwas
taken
to
town
with
great
respect.
On
hearing
of
the
unfortunate
events,
Abbas
Mirza
heldconsultation
with
his
retainers
and
khans
in
the
same
night,
where
he
expressed
fears:
-
I
can't
go
to
my
father
and
brothers
any
more.
To
expectareas
from
their
districts
is
worse
than
death
for
me.
I'd
rather
go
and
kneel
beforethe
Russian
Emperor.
He
is
powerful
and
gracious.
There
are
many
kings
and
princes
underhis
rule.
Sure,
he
will
consider
me
one
of
them
or
his
generals
and
will
give
a
piece
ofbread,
so
that
I
could
stay
in
peace.
Therefore,
he
decided
to
go
to
the
Russian
Emperor
with
five
hundredpersons
of
his
men.
In
the
same
night
he
wrote
a
letter
about
the
matter
and
hisintentions,
sent
it
with
Bejan
Khan
sanduqdar
to
H.
Ex.
Commander-in-ChiefPaskevich,
who
had
stopped
at
Marand
with
his
army.
The
Commander-in-Chief
wrote
inanswer:
"Let's
put
this
problem
aside
now
(148a)
until
I
arrive
in
Tabriz
thesedays.
We
can
have
a
meeting
there
and
decide
what
to
do".
Abbas
Mirza
ashamed
and
having
lost
the
majority
of
his
subjectsand
troops,
left
for
Dehkharqan
with
a
few
of
them.
The
Commander-in-Chief
Paskevich
arrived
in
Tabriz
through
Salmas
andMaraqa,
and
was
engaged
in
settling
the
affairs
in
the
district.
Every
governor
andofficial
was
given
a
suitable
job,
rank,
and,
thus,
calmed
down.
Some
of
the
generals
weresent
to
occupy
the
important
towns.
Major
General
Laptev
(Lafetovin)
took
Urmia,
MajorGeneral
Pankratev
(Banqrativ)
captured
the
town
of
Maraqa
and
Lieutenant
General
CountSukhtelen
(Sukhdelin)-
Ardebil.
Soon
afterwards,
[Paskevich]
and
Abbas
Mirza
met
at
Dehkharqanand
started
their
negotiations.
H.
Ex.
Commander-in-Chief
made
efforts
to
exalt
him[Abbas
Mirza]
and
treat
him
with
respect,
not
ignoring
a
detail
of
esteem.
Negotiations
lasted
for
a
time,
consolidating
friendly
ties
and
peaceful
relations
betweenthem.
The
Commander
spoke
of
the
damages
to
be
paid
[by
the
Qizilbashs].
At
first
FathAli
Shah
drag
out
and
refused
to
agree.
Some
time
later
the
Commander-in-Chiefentered
Tabriz
while
Abbas
Mirza
returned
to
his
districts.
Still,
friendlyrelations
between
them
were
strong
and
the
Commander-in-Chief
was
sure
that
the
cause
ofall
the
controversies
and
disagreements
was
H.
M.
Shah.
Apart
from
His
Royal
Majestynobody
could
hinder
and
disregard
the
peace
treaty.
Therefore,
the
Commander-in-Chiefdecided
to
fight
once
more
and
issued
an
order
(148b)
to
every
district
to
prepare
for
aninvasion
of
Tehran
and
Araq.
[He]
spread
a
rumor
that
he
would
march
on
Tehran
and
capturethe
capital.
At
the
meantime,
Abbas
Mirza
informed
his
father
that
soon
theCommander-in-Chief
Paskevich's
visit
would
be
like
a
sudden
disaster.
Just
then
FathAli
Shah
was
forced
to
sign
the
peace
treaty.
The
rival
sides
met
at
Turkoman-chay,
carried
on
the
negotiations
and
consolidated
peace
and
friendly
ties.
The
rivals
gaveguarantees
and
concluded
a
treaty.
It
was
arranged
to
consider
the
Arax
River
as
boundaryof
the
two
states.
Iran
was
claimed
seven
korurs'
damages,
a
sum
of
money
(one
korur
was
equal
to
five
hundred
thousand
toman-e
Babakhani,
one
toman
was
less
than
four
units
of
Russian
currency,
it
was
thirteen
million).
They
signed
apeace
treaty
of
several
paragraphs.
The
district
of
Khoy
was
left
as
a
deposit
until
thewhole
damage
was
paid.
This
peace
was
signed
in
February
of
1828/1244,
and
after
receivingthe
rest
of
the
indemnity,
the
town
Dar-al-Safa
of
Khoy
was
given
to
the
governmentof
Iran.
H.
Ex.
General
Count
Paskevich
Erevani
took
his
army
and
made
for
Dar-al-Sorur
Tiflis.
The
description
of
some
events,
which
happened
before
or
after
thepeace
treaty,
would
be
given
in
the
other
book
dedicated
to
the
history
of
Daghestan,
because
most
of
the
events
took
place
there
and,
hence,
there
was
no
fight
withQizilbashs.
May
God
be
our
guardian
and
help!
