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| Caucasus Campaign | |||||||||
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| Part of the Ottoman–Persian War (1730–35) and Naderian Wars | |||||||||
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Makou_border_city_of_Armenia_by_Eug%C3%A8ne_Flandin.jpg) An artist's illustration of an Armenian-Persian border town in the Caucasus | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Lezgis | |||||||||
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Nader Tahmasp Khan Jalayer | Köprülü Abdullah Pasha † | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 55,000–80,000 | ~200,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Minimal[2] | 50,000+ killed & wounded[3] | ||||||||
The Caucasus Campaign of 1734–1735 was the last great campaign of the Ottoman–Persian War (1730–35) which ended in a Persian victory allowing Nader to recast Persian hegemony over almost the entire Caucasus, region, reconquering it for the Safavid state.
- ^ Moghtader, Gholam-Hussein(2008). The Great Batlles of Nader Shah, p. 59. Donyaye Ketab
- ^ Axworthy, Michael(2009). The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from tribal warrior to conquering tyrant, p. 203. I. B. Tauris
- ^ Axworthy, Michael(2009). The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from tribal warrior to conquering tyrant, p. 203. I. B. Tauris