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THE PERSIAN ARMY, 
ports to this system have gradually sunk away ; the officers from 
our country have been successively withdrawn, till very few 
indeed remain. Captain Hart, of the 65th regiment, is the only 
infantry British officer left. He has been generalissimo of the 
little army of Azerbijan for these five years ; a post he fills with 
fidelity to the prince, and honour to his own government. 
And, perhaps, it is a post that some time hence may be con¬ 
sidered of as much consequence as any between the Thames 
and the Indus. 
The following is a return of the present strength of the Persian 
regular infantry under his command. 
First, a grenadier battalion, consisting of 800 men, formed of 
Russian deserters from the different military posts along the 
northern frontier. The officers of this body are all either Geor¬ 
gians, or made from Russian under-officers also deserters. Then 
follow these native regiments : 
Strength. 
1st, or Tabreez battalion - 922 
2d, Tabreez battalion - 923 
3d, or Maragha’s - 1145 
4th, or Kara Dagh’s - - - 929 
5th, or Marandi’s - 997 
6th, or Shaggogies, (raised by Captain Hart) 620 
7th, or Afshars - 826 
8th, or Afshars - - - 767 
9th, or Khoiy’s - - - 731 
10th, or Nackshivan’s - 604 
11th, or Erivan’s - 930 
12th, or Zenguni’s - 648 
Light infantry, Shaggogies - 898 
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