At
that
time
Qizilbashs
thought:
"As
Ibrahim
Khan
was
defendingKarabagh
and
now
he
is
dead,
so
we
must
go
and
conquer
it".
Colonel
Kariagin
was
dispatched
from
Tiflis
to
(113b)
Karabagh
withfour
hundred
soldiers.
He
had
a
battle
with
the
Qizilbash
troops
in
the
vicinity
ofAskeran.
He
could
not
move
further
from
there,
because
of
the
counteractions
of
the
hugeQizilbash
forces.
Therefore,
he
was
back
to
Tarnakiut.
However
Abbas
Mirza
had
senta
detachment
of
his
army
under
the
command
of
Amir
Khan
Jahanbiglu
to
the
aforementionedfortress
ahead
of
time
to
defend
it.
So
when
the
Colonel
reached
the
fortress
Tarnakiutwith
his
soldiers,
he
found
the
gates
blocked.
He
ordered
to
open
fire
at
the
gate.
It
wasdestroyed.
The
Russian
troop
entered
the
fortress
and
murdered
all
the
Qizilbashs
there.
Amir
Khan
Jahanbiglu,
their
Commander-in-Chief
was
so
scared
that
threw
himself
down
thefortress
wall
and
died.
The
Russians
stayed
there
for
several
days,
surrounded
by
Qizilbasharmy.
They
were
short
of
food
and
Vani
Atabegov
of
Jraberd
provided
them
with
food
duringthe
nights
several
times.
Finally,
they
realized
it
was
hard
to
get
bread
like
that,
andthe
Colonel
with
his
hundred
soldiers
came
out
of
the
fortress
at
night
and
passed
by
thelane
through
the
mountains
towards
the
fortress
of
Jermuk.
There
the
Armenians
providedthem
with
food
and
they
picked
the
way
to
Ganje,
from
there
moved
to
Tiflis.
Once
againthe
Colonel
took
an
army
[from
Ganje]
and
fought
with
Abbas
Mirza
by
the
ZagamRiver,
defeated
him
and
made
him
run
away
to
Iran.
At
that
time
Fath
Ali
Shah
hadcome
(114a)
with
a
huge
army
and
stopped
by
the
bank
of
the
Arax.
In
August
of
the
sameyear
H.
Ex.
Prince
Tsitsianov
took
an
army
and
went
to
fight
against
him.
He
[Tsitsianov]smashed
him
and
made
him
flee
to
Araq
and
Azerbaijan.
Then
again
he
returned
to
Georgia.
