Aslāndūz

Aslanduz stands by the Aras River on the Mughan plain. In October 1812, during the Russo-Persian War, the army of the Qajar prince Abbas Mirza camped here. The Russian general Pyotr Kotlyarevsky launched a surprise night attack and routed the Persian force. The defeat helped bring Iran to negotiations that ended with the Treaty of Gulistan the following year.