Battle of Yeghevārd
The Battle of Yeghevārd, also known as the Battle of Baghavard or Morad Tapeh, was the final major engagement of the Perso-Ottoman War of 1730–1735 where the principal Ottoman army in the Caucasus theatre under Koprulu Pasha's command was utterly destroyed by only the advance guard of Nader's army before the main Persian army could enter into the fray. The complete rout of Koprulu Pasha's forces led to a number of besieged Ottoman strongholds in the theatre surrendering as any hope of relief proved ephemeral in light of the crushing defeat at Yeghevārd. One of Nader's most impressive battlefield victories, in which he decimated a force four or five times the size of his own, it helped establish his reputation as a military genius and stands alongside many of his other great triumphs such as at Karnal, Mihmandoost or Kirkuk.
| Battle of Yeghevārd | |||||||||
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| Part of the Ottoman–Persian War of 1730-1735 and Nader's Campaigns | |||||||||
Painting of the battle between the Persian and Ottoman armies. In the illustration, Nader was riding at the head of his troops. A unit of his elite jazāyerchi musketeers was hidden in the mountains, and shot down the fleeing Turkish troops as Nader's main force pushed them back. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Safavid Empire | Ottoman Empire | ||||||||
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| Nader Shah | Köprülü Abdullah Pasha † | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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15,000[a]
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80,000
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Negligible |
40,000–50,000 killed & wounded 32 cannons captured | ||||||||