Fatali Khan
While being in a difficult situation, he sent his envoy Mirza Bey Bayat from Salyan to Petersburg, empress Catherine II, with a letter in which he appealed for help and asked to take him out to the citizenship of Russian Empire. With the request of help he appealed to Tarki shamkhal, too. Shamkhal couldn’t render support and in January, 1775 he appealed to Russia and asked to help Fatali Khan. Russian command authority equipped expedition consisting of 2350 people under the command of General Medem, which directed to Dagestan on March 1 of that very year. Concerning the campaign of Russian army, Isgender bey Hajinski noted: "“This circumstance had a great influence on the destiny of Fatali Khan and was the main reason of achievements subsequently gained by him”." Utsmiy Amir Hamza, seizing Derbent for the ninth month, raised the siege and opposed Medem, but was defeated by Russian army in Iran-Kharab. Fatali Khan sent keys of Derbent city to Catherine II and asked to take him out to the citizenship of Russia again. On May 10 of that year, a part of Russian army with the amount of 1411 people, led by major Cridner and with a detachment of Fatali Khan, moved to Qaytaq and Tabasaran. Amir Hamza attacked them near Bashli village, “but he was overthrown by an action of the artillery with great losses and took to flight”. According to words of H. Alkadari, troops of Fatali Khan plundered many belongings in villages near Kura's plane. Fatali Khan moved to Tabasaran with tsar army from there. People of Tabasaran, “relying on safety of their place”, decided to defend, but were destroyed in Kalukh. But in one of the struggles Crinder and Fatali Khan were surrounded in a narrow ravine and suffering a significant detriment, forced to return to Derbent.