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Ottoman–Safavid War (1532–55)

Ottoman-Safavid War of 1532–1555
Part of the Ottoman–Persian Wars
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
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.
Belligerents
Safavid Flag.svg Safavid Empire  Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Safavid Flag.svg Tahmasp I

Ottoman Empire Suleiman the Magnificent
Ottoman Empire Pargali Ibrahim Pasha (until 1535 when he was sent to Istanbul)
Ottoman Empire İskender Çelebi (until his execution in 1535)


Ottoman Empire Şehzade Selim (1553–1555 in the Nakhchivan campaign)
Ottoman Empire 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

Ottoman Empire Suleiman the Magnificent
Ottoman Empire Pargali Ibrahim Pasha (until 1535 when he was sent to Istanbul)
Ottoman Empire İskender Çelebi (until his execution in 1535)


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