Karyagin marched on June 21, and three days later, on the outskirts of Shah Bulakh, he was attacked by a detachment of 3,000 Persians.

The Russians successfully defended for a whole day, but Lieutenant Lisenko's detachment and 32 soldiers betrayed Karyagin and sided with the Persians.

However, he had some good news: a small detachment made a sortie and seized supplies in the Persian camp,[7] and the main part of the army captured Shah Bulah castle and exterminated its garrison.

[6] New forces were coming to the Persians, and Karyagin decided to buy time so that Tsitsianov could gather troops and begin negotiations and capitulations.

[2] The Persians saw this stumble and sent advanced detachments forward, but Karyagin repelled them without loss and arrived in Elisavetpol on July 22.

[6] However, Abbas Mirza attacked the remnants of Karyagin's army, who did not have time to come to the city.