After the army under the command of Sultan Selim, Chaldiran, defeated Shah Ismaili, he entered Tabriz without resistance on September 6th.
| Battle of Tabriz (1514) | |||||||||
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| Part of Sultan Selim East campaign | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Ottoman Empire | Safavid Iran | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Dukaginzade Ahmed Pasha | Ismail I | ||||||||
Capture of Tabriz, Ottoman-persian Wars.
During this week, the irregular Safavid soldiers fought with the sultan and his army for a few days. There was a rebellion in the army of Sultan Selim and Shah Ismail gathered an army and was coming to Tabriz. retreated, and for a few years their own pashas brought the Kurds into Ottoman territory.
Operation
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The Ottoman army under the command of Selim I advanced towards Tabriz on 25 August 1514 after the Chaldiran victory.
Capture of Tabriz
Dukaginzade Ahmed Pasha Treasurer Piri Çelebi and (reverend) Idris-i Bitlisi were sent to Tabriz as a pioneer force with a reserve unit. This pioneer unit took over the city and the preparations for the welcome began. The people of Tabriz covered the road with shawls and precious fabrics until Surhab outside Tabriz. The soldiers and people lined up on the route applauded Selim I and the Ottoman army, who entered the city on September 6, 1514.
On Friday, September 8, 1514, Friday greetings were performed in the Sultan Yakub Mosque (in some sources, in the Hasan Han Mosque) and a sermon was read on behalf of Yavuz Sultan Selim. Selim also ordered that mosques destroyed by neglect be repaired.But in the Safavid sources it is written that there is a resistance to the contrary.
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On September 12, about 1,000 scientists and artists began to be shipped from Tabriz to Istanbul. On September 15, the Ottoman army left Tabriz and advanced towards Karabakh. The Janissaries, who opposed the idea of Yavuz Sultan Selim staying in Tabriz, also rebelled against the idea of Selim's wintering in Karabakh and marching on Iran again in the following campaign season (in the sources, the Janissaries were shouting around the Sultan with their torn shoes and clothes on the tips of their spears, or even to the Sultan's tent. The rumor that a bullet was fired is recorded).
Battle
editThe Ottoman army repelled the Safavid rebels in Tabriz on 8 September. Later, the Ottoman army revolted again, the Safavid loyalists, who were affected by this uprising, launched a raid on Tabriz on 13 September and was successful. After the defeat, the Ottoman rebels increased the rebellion.Selim I, who could not stand them, finally left Tabriz and headed towards Karabakh.
He went on an expedition and the Ottomans annexed these places.
Evidence of the Battle
In fact,according to some sources, Shah Ismail defeated the Sultan in Tabriz and Selim fled from the battle.
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