Ottoman–Persian War (1730–35) | |||||||||
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Part of Nader's Campaigns and the Ottoman-Persian Wars |
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The Ottoman & Persian empires in the near-east during the eighteenth century |
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Lezgis |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Tahmasp II (deposed by Nader) Abbas III (vassal of Nader) Nader (de facto Shah) |
Mahmud I Topal Osman Pasha † Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha Köprülü Abdullah Pasha † Ahmad Pasha |
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The names of the official sovereigns are in bold. |
Persian victory
The Ottoman–Persian War was a conflict between the forces of the Safavid Empire and those of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1735. After Ottoman support had failed to keep the Hotaki dynasty on the Persian throne, the Ottoman possessions in western Persia, which were granted to them by the Hotaki dynasty, came under risk of re-incorporation into the newly resurgent Persian Empire. The talented Safavid general, Nader, gave the Ottomans an ultimatum to withdraw which the Ottomans chose to ignore. A series of campaigns followed with each side gaining the upper hand in a succession of tumultuous events which spanned half a decade. Finally with the Persian victory at Yeghevard, the Ottomans sued for peace, recognizing Persian territorial integrity as well as Persian hegemony over the Caucasus.
In the spring of 1730, Nader attacked the Ottomans and regained most of the territory lost during the collapse of the Safavid Empire in the late 1720s. The Abdali Afghans which had been subdued in an earlier campaign rebelled and besieged Mashhad, forcing Nader to suspend his campaign and save his brother, Ebrahim who was trapped in Mashhad. It took Nader fourteen months to defeat the Abdali Afghans who put up fierce resistance.