Template:Did you know nominations/Sack of Shamakhi (1721)

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:19, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

Sack of Shamakhi (1721)[edit]

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Illustration depicting Shamakhi, published in 1729 by Pieter van der Aa

... ~~that the force sent by the Safavid government to deal with the Lezgian coalition was recalled at a climactic point, a decision which eventually resulted in the Sack of Shamakhi?~~
- ALT1:... that the Sack of Shamakhi was used as the casus belli by the Russian Empire in order to launch the Russo-Persian War of 1722–1723?

Improved to Good Article status by LouisAragon (talk). Self-nominated at 02:08, 12 March 2017 (UTC).

- Length, Date, QPQ exempt, and Earwigs check. Offline refs accepted AGF and the image is PD-Old. I couldn't find a direct reference to the facts in ALT0 in the article and thus am only approving ALT1. Mifter (talk) 03:48, 12 March 2017 (UTC)