Battle of Erzincan (1507)
| Battle of Erzincan | |||||||
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| Part of Ottoman-Persian Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Ottoman Empire |
 Safavid Persia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Selim I |
Shah Ismail | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown, but larger | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Erzincan occurred in 1507, it was led by Selim I, then the governor of Trabzon, against the Safavids.[1]
Background[edit]
In 1505 Shah Ismail’s brother Ebrahim set off with an army of 3,000 men to pillage Selim’s province, however the Safavid army was routed, Selim pursued them as far as Erzincan where he massacred many of them and captured their arms and munitions.[4]
Battle[edit]
In 1507 the Safavids under Shah Ismail led another raid into Anatolia against Alauddevle of the Dulkadirids.[1] This was a violation of Ottoman sovereignty seeing that Shah Ismail had marched through Ottoman lands and recruited into his army Turkmen fighters who were Ottoman subjects.[1] Bayezid II did not retaliate to this raid, however Selim I, then the governor of Trabzon, led an attack against Erzincan and defeated a Safavid army that was sent against him by Shah Ismail.[1][2]
Aftermath[edit]
The next year Selim led an expedition against Georgia during which he subdued western Georgia and brought Imeriti and Guria under Ottoman domination.[5][6][7] Another Safavid offensive was launched against the Ottomans in 1510 when Shah Ismail’s brother led an army against Trabzon which Selim I defeated.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The Last Muslim Conquest: The Ottoman Empire and Its Wars in Europe. Gábor Ágoston. Princeton University Press.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ottoman Seapower and Levantine Diplomacy in the Age of Discovery. By Palmira Johnson Brummett.
- ↑ The Crisis of Kingship in Late Medieval Islam. Christopher Markiewicz. Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ God's Shadow: The Ottoman Sultan Who Shaped the Modern World. By Alan Mikhail.
- ↑ Page 29: 1509 nolu Rize şeriyye sicili ışığında Rizede sosyal hayat. Ü Erkan. 2007.
- ↑ Page 19: Gürcistanın yeni jeopolitiği. C Küçükali. 2015.
- ↑ From Dynastic Principality to Imperial District: The Incorporation of Guria Into the Russian Empire to 1856. Kenneth Church. University of Michigan., 2001
- ↑ Osman's Dream. Caroline Finkel. Hachette UK.
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