battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic

Karyagin's Raid

Name: Karyagin's Raid
Location: Qajar Iran, Iran

Karyagin's Raid was a battle fought in 1805 at Qajar Iran, in what is now Iran. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Qajar Iran. It was part of the Russo-Persian War of 1804–13, which ran from 1804 to 1813. The recorded result: Russian victory. Recorded strength: Total: 493; 354 jägers; 113 Tiflis musketeers; 26 artillery crew; 2 guns; 68 horses against 30,000.

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Fought1805

WhereQajar Iran, Iran35.700N, 51.417E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeRussian victory

BelligerentsRussian EmpireagainstQajar Iran

Part ofRusso-Persian War of 1804–131804 to 1813

Where it sits in the Russo-Persian War of 1804–13

10 placed engagements of the Russo-Persian War of 1804–13 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1805 (year precision) to 1805
Place	Qajar Iran, Iran 35.700N, 51.417E
Kind	Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength	Total: 493; 354 jägers; 113 Tiflis musketeers; 26 artillery crew; 2 guns; 68 horses	30,000
Casualties and losses	90 killed; 189 wounded; 58 deserted; 60 horses killed	Exact number unknown; Anywhere from several hundred to several thousand killed; 15 falconets lost
Commanders	Pyotr Kotlyarevsky	Abbas Mirza Emir-khan

Placed at Qajar Iran; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Persian Campaign 1914, same recorded site
Battle of Ray AD 811, 13 km S
Battle of Robat Karim 1915, 26 km SW
Siege of Alamut 1256, 112 km NW
Aerial bombardment of the industries of Arak city 1986, 236 km SW

In the same war

Before: Siege of Erivan July 1804
After: Baku battles of 1805 1805
All 10 engagements of Russo-Persian War of 1804–13

Elsewhere in 1805

Karyagin's Raid is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 189 in present-day Iran.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q18408391, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Karyagin's Raid, revision 1385349305, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.