Battle Zone
The engagements were in the northern Persian Azerbaijan, compromising the provinces of East Azarbaijan, West Azarbaijan and Ardabil cities include Tabriz, Urmia, Ardabil, Maragheh, Marand, Mahabad and Khoy.
The conflicts were distributed around major gateways in this mountainous geography. The Persian mountains have helped to shape both the political and the economic history. The mountains enclose several broad basins, or plateaus, on which major settlements were located. The principal areas were Tehran with 280,000 inhabitants; Tabriz with 200,000; Isfahan with 80,000; Meshed and Kerman with 60,000; Yazd with 45,000. Persia in this period had many nomads as the local economy was based on herding. The nomads of Persia comprised 260,000 Arabs; 720,000 Turks (Azeri origin); 675,000 Kurds and Leks; 20,700 Baluchis and Gipsies; 234,000 Lurs. The number of Europeans did not exceed 1,200. The religious breakdown of the population: about 8 millions Muslims, 10,000 Guebres, 40,000 Jews, 50,000 Armenians and 30,000 Nestorians.
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