settled migrated solduz modern day iran 's west azerbaijan province ref name mansoori ref ''cambridge history iran'' states steady encroachment russian troops along frontier caucasus general yermolov 's brutal punitive expeditions misgovernment drove large numbers muslims even georgian christians exile iran early th century another mass expulsion took place caucasian muslims result russian victory caucasian war others simply voluntarily refused live christian russian rule thus departed turkey iran migrations
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