Siege of Erivan (1804)

Siege of Erivan
	Part of the Russo-Persian War of 1804–1813
	; Fath-Ali Shah's victory over the Russians at Yerevan. Mirza Baba, Iran, 1804–1810
Date	July–September 1804
Location	Erivan, Qajar Iran (present-day Yerevan, Armenia)
Result	Persian victory
Belligerents
Qajar Iran Erivan Khanate	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar; Abbas Mirza; Mohammad Khan	Pavel Tsitsianov
Strength
6,000–7,000 troops inside the citadel; 18,000 cavalrymen	3,000 to 20,000; Georgian and Armenian auxiliaries
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Heavy

The siege of Erivan (Yerevan, the capital of modern Armenia) took place from July to September 1804, during the Russo-Persian War (1804–1813). After a difficult advance, the Russians under Pavel Tsitsianov besieged Erivan. The Iranian forces inside Erivan's citadel prevented the Russians from making a direct attack, while those outside the citadel surrounded the Russians and cut the invaders' supply lines. Commanded by Crown-Prince Abbas Mirza and King Fath-Ali Shah Qajar himself (r. 1797–1834), the Iranians successfully defended the city and defeated the Russian attack.^[5]^[6] Tsitsianov, in order to save his reputation, shifted the blame on a plethora of people and matters, and deliberately left out his own wrongdoings.

^ Atkin 1980, p. 120.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kazemzadeh 1991, p. 332.
^ Behrooz 2013, pp. 55–56, 67.
^ Atkin 1980, pp. 120–121.
^ Atkin 1980, pp. 99, 120.
^ Kettenhofen, Bournoutian & Hewsen 1998, pp. 542–551.

[FOOTNOTEAtkin1980120-1] Atkin 1980, p. 120.

[FOOTNOTEKazemzadeh1991332-2] Kazemzadeh 1991, p. 332.

[FOOTNOTEBehrooz201355–56,_67-3] Behrooz 2013, pp. 55–56, 67.

[FOOTNOTEAtkin1980120–121-4] Atkin 1980, pp. 120–121.

[FOOTNOTEAtkin198099,_120-5] Atkin 1980, pp. 99, 120.

[FOOTNOTEKettenhofenBournoutianHewsen1998542–551-6] Kettenhofen, Bournoutian & Hewsen 1998, pp. 542–551.

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