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ABBAS MIRZA (c. 1783—1833)

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ABBAS MIRZA (c. 1783—1833) , See also:

prince of See also:Persia, was a younger son of the shah, Feth See also:Ali, but on See also:account of his See also:mother's royal See also:birth was destined by his See also:father to succeed him. Entrusted with the See also:government of a See also:part of Persia, he sought to See also:rule it in See also:European See also:fashion, and employed See also:officers to reorganize his See also:army. He was soon at See also:war with See also:Russia, and his aid was eagerly solicited by both See also:England and See also:Napoleon, anxious to checkmate one another in the See also:East. Preferring the friendship of See also:France, Abbas continued the war against Russia, but his new ally could give him very little assistance, and in 1814 Persia was compelled to make a disadvantageous See also:peace. He gained some successes during a war between See also:Turkey and Persia which See also:broke out in 1821, but See also:cholera attacked his army, and a treaty was signed in 1823. His second war with Russia, which began in 1825, was attended with the same want of success as the former one, and Persia was forced to cede some territory. When peace was made in 1828 Abbas then sought to restore See also:order in the See also:province of See also:Khorasan, which was nominally under See also:Persian supremacy, and while engaged in the task died at See also:Meshed in 1833. In 1834 his eldest son, Mahommed Mirza, succeeded Feth Ali as shah. Abbas was an intelligent prince, possessed some See also:literary See also:taste, and is noteworthy on account of the See also:comparative simplicity of his See also:life. ABBAS-TUMAN, a See also:spa in See also:Russian See also:Transcaucasia, government of See also:Tiflis, 5o m. S.W. of the See also:Borzhom railway station and 65 m.

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Batum, very picturesquely situated in a cauldron-shaped valley. It has hot See also:sulphur See also:baths (93i°—118x° Fahr.) and an astronomical See also:observatory (4240 ft.).

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