Ottoman-Safavid War (1532–1555)
Ottoman-Safavid War of 1532–1555 |
Part of the Ottoman–Persian Wars
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![Sueleymanname nahcevan.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Sueleymanname_nahcevan.jpg/300px-Sueleymanname_nahcevan.jpg)
Miniature from the Süleymanname depicting Suleiman marching with an army in Nakhchivan, summer 1554, at the end of the Ottoman-Safavid War. |
Date |
1532–1555 |
Location |
Mesopotamia, Armenian Highlands, Azarbaijan |
Result |
Decisive Ottoman victory; Peace of Amasya
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Territorial
changes |
Ottomans gain large parts of Mesopotamia (Iraq), Western Kurdistan, Western Armenia, and Western Georgia Persians retain Tabriz, Eastern Georgia, Eastern Armenia, Eastern Kurdistan, Dagestan, and Azerbaijan and the rest of their north-western borders as they were prior to the war
Erzurum, Van, and Shahrizor become buffer zones. Kars is declared neutral. |
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Belligerents |
Safavid Empire
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Ottoman Empire
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Commanders and leaders |
Tahmasp I
Shahverdi Sultan
Ismail Mirza
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Suleiman the Magnificent
Pargali Ibrahim Pasha (until 1535 when he was sent to Istanbul)
İskender Çelebi (until his execution in 1535)
Şehzade Selim (1553–1555 in the Nakhchivan campaign)
Alqas Mirza POW (until his capture by his brother Tahmasp in 1549) |
Strength |
60,000 men
10 pieces of artillery |
200,000 men
300 pieces of artillery |
Ottomans gain large parts of Mesopotamia (Iraq), Western Kurdistan, Western Armenia, and Western Georgia
Persians retain Tabriz, Eastern Georgia, Eastern Armenia, Eastern Kurdistan, Dagestan, and Azerbaijan and the rest of their north-western borders as they were prior to the war
Tahmasp I
Shahverdi Sultan
Suleiman the Magnificent
Pargali Ibrahim Pasha (until 1535 when he was sent to Istanbul)
İskender Çelebi (until his execution in 1535)
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