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Excerpt from the Persian Chronicles of the War with the Russian Empire
(1826-1828)
"When our iron-eaters and brave men, sarbazs, invincible in battle and terrible in their anger, launched a crushing attack on dirty russian dogs, his Highness, brother of the sun, nephew of the moon, a being holding the whole world in his hands, mighty in battle and terrible in anger, the lion of Iran, Valiagd Abbas Mirza to see better how his iron-eaters will crush the backs and heads of the unfortunate russians, he stepped down from his precious chair.
Not seeing their beloved leader in the same place, the brave sarbazs shuddered. They thought that maybe a bomb from the damned guns of the russian pig-eaters hit valiagda. Grief gripped their hearts, and for a minute they were confused, which the russian dogs took advantage of and, with a pig's grunt, "hurrah", they hit our somewhat taken aback sarbazs with bayonets.
To show that he is unharmed and alive, and thereby raise the spirit and courage of his iron-eaters, his Highness, the great destroyer of the infidels, the shadow of the prophet on earth, Valiagd Abbas Mirza jumped on his high-speed argamak and rushed with a saber to the belligerents... but the ignoble animal stumbled, and the brother of the sun, the nephew of the moon, the shadow His Highness Abbas Mirza carried his high person from the height of the saddle to the ground,
which the damned infidel-russians took advantage of and, attacking our sarbazs, began to mercilessly stab them, so the battle did not end entirely in our favor..."
– the court historiographer and chronicler Hasan-Kuli-Tabrizi, who accompanied Abbas Mirza in the campaign against Georgia, wrote"
For comparison:
"The troops of the persians, and especially the infantry, behaved perfectly on the battlefield, skillfully maneuvering under fire, boldly going "to the bayonet" without fear of hand-to-hand combat, and if they were commanded by good officers, generals knowledgeable in military affairs rules, and the commander-in-chief was not a slacker and ignoramus Prince Abbas-Mirza, and at least an average military commander, then the outcome of this battle would be unknown..." – this is how general Paskevich reported about this battle to Dibich"
(1826-1828)
"When our iron-eaters and brave men, sarbazs, invincible in battle and terrible in their anger, launched a crushing attack on dirty russian dogs, his Highness, brother of the sun, nephew of the moon, a being holding the whole world in his hands, mighty in battle and terrible in anger, the lion of Iran, Valiagd Abbas Mirza to see better how his iron-eaters will crush the backs and heads of the unfortunate russians, he stepped down from his precious chair.
Not seeing their beloved leader in the same place, the brave sarbazs shuddered. They thought that maybe a bomb from the damned guns of the russian pig-eaters hit valiagda. Grief gripped their hearts, and for a minute they were confused, which the russian dogs took advantage of and, with a pig's grunt, "hurrah", they hit our somewhat taken aback sarbazs with bayonets.
To show that he is unharmed and alive, and thereby raise the spirit and courage of his iron-eaters, his Highness, the great destroyer of the infidels, the shadow of the prophet on earth, Valiagd Abbas Mirza jumped on his high-speed argamak and rushed with a saber to the belligerents... but the ignoble animal stumbled, and the brother of the sun, the nephew of the moon, the shadow His Highness Abbas Mirza carried his high person from the height of the saddle to the ground,
which the damned infidel-russians took advantage of and, attacking our sarbazs, began to mercilessly stab them, so the battle did not end entirely in our favor..."– the court historiographer and chronicler Hasan-Kuli-Tabrizi, who accompanied Abbas Mirza in the campaign against Georgia, wrote"
For comparison:
"The troops of the persians, and especially the infantry, behaved perfectly on the battlefield, skillfully maneuvering under fire, boldly going "to the bayonet" without fear of hand-to-hand combat, and if they were commanded by good officers, generals knowledgeable in military affairs rules, and the commander-in-chief was not a slacker and ignoramus Prince Abbas-Mirza, and at least an average military commander, then the outcome of this battle would be unknown..." – this is how general Paskevich reported about this battle to Dibich"
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