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Ottoman-Safavid War (1532–1555)

Ottoman-Safavid War of 1532–1555
Part of the Ottoman–Persian Wars
Sueleymanname nahcevan.jpg
Miniature depicting Suleiman marching with an army in Nakhchivan, summer 1554, at the end of the Ottoman-Safavid War.
Date 1532-1555
Location Iraq, Armenia, Persia
Result Peace of Amasya
Ottoman Empire gains Iraq, Kurdistan and Western Armenia[1]
Safavid Empire retains Tabriz, Caspian provinces[2]
Territorial
changes
Ottomans capture Baghdad , lower Mesopotamia , the mouths of the Euphrates and Tigris, and part of the Persian Gulf coast,
Persians retain their former capital Tabriz and the north-western borders as they were prior to the wars
Belligerents
Safavid Flag.png Safavid Empire  Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Safavid Flag.png 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 Selim II (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

Source

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