Ottoman–Safavid War (1532–1555)
16th century war between the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ottoman–Safavid War of 1532–1555 was one of the many military conflicts fought between the two arch rivals, the Ottoman Empire led by Suleiman the Magnificent, and the Safavid Empire led by Tahmasp I.
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Ottoman-Safavid War of 1532–1555 | |||||||||
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Part of the Ottoman–Persian Wars | |||||||||
Miniature from the Süleymanname depicting Suleiman marching with an army in Nakhchivan, summer 1554, at the end of the Ottoman-Safavid War. | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Safavid Empire | Ottoman Empire | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Shah Tahmasp I Shahverdi Sultan Shahzada Ismail Mirza Qadi Jahan Qazvini |
Sultan Suleiman I Grand Vizier Ibrahim Pasha İskender Çelebi Grand Vizier Rüstem Pasha Şehzade Mustafa Şehzade Selim Şehzade Bayezid Alqas Mirza (POW) Grand Vizier Ahmed Pasha | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
60,000 men 10 pieces of artillery |
200,000 men 300 pieces of artillery |
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