Battle of Tabriz (1514)
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DateSeptember 1514
Location
Result
Ottoman victory[1]
Territorial
changes
changes
- Tabriz captured by the Ottomans after the Battle of Chaldiran
- Fall of the Safavid capital in 1514
| Battle of Tabriz (1514) | |||||||||
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| Part of Ottoman–Persian War (1505–1517) | |||||||||
 Selim entering Tabriz | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Ottoman Empire |
 Safavid Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Selim I Dukaginzade Ahmed Pasha Piri Çelebi Idris Bitlisi |
Tajlu Khanum | ||||||||
the Capture of Tabriz (1514) was a phase in the Ottoman–Persian War of 1505–1517. The Ottomans, Having inflicted a heavy defeat on the Safavid army under the command of Shah Ismail in the Battle of Chaldiran on 23 August 1514, Ottoman army under the command of Yavuz Sultan Selim continued its forward operations and entered the Safavid capital Tabriz on 6 September 1514.[2][3][4][5]
