"ABBAS MIRZA (the Persian Crown Prince, and Governor of Azerbaijan, 1789-1833), following the military reforms of the Ottoman Sultan SELIM III, began in the Azerbaijan organising his own version of the reformed Ottoman army (NEZAM-E JADID). His key achievements:
•Imported first French, then British instructors, as well sent Persian students abroad.
•Developed a new regular infantry and artillery corps.
"The infantry's uniform during the first years of British influence remained the same as previously introduced by the French, who in their own way had indeed managed to 'Europeanize' the early regular soldiers appearence" [1], namely:
•"This is shown by the earliest descriptions and illustrations presented by Drouville (1812-1813): The uniform consists of a green cloth coat with red collar and cuffs, yellow buttons, wide pants of cotton, and boots.
•"In addition, in winter each man is given a kind of short cloak of very thick woolen material, the outside of which is a shaggy fleece like a goat's. (Georgians and Circassians call this a "burka", and the Persians – an "yepanchei" – Auth.)… All leather equipment is white; the majority of muskets are English."
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