The Battle of Chaldiran was fought on 23 August 1514 and ended in a decisive victory for the Ottoman Empire over the Safavid Empire. The Ottomans annexed Eastern Anatolia and Upper Mesopotamia from Safavid Iran, marking the first Ottoman expansion into Eastern Anatolia and halting further Safavid expansion westward; the battle opened 41 years of intermittent war between the two empires that did not end until the 1555 Peace of Amasya. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
LocationChaldiran plain, northwestern Iran 1 Battle Type
Battle Type (category) Connections
Fought In
The Safavid Army suffered a defining defeat to Ottoman firearms and artillery at the 1514 Battle of Chaldiran
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Iran, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Battle of Chaldiran
Lead section, para 1
As a result, the Ottomans annexed Eastern Anatolia and Upper Mesopotamia from Safavid Iran
Infobox: Result
Ottoman victory
Part Of: Ottoman-Persian War (1505-1517), Infobox, part of field
Infobox part of: the Ottoman-Persian War (1505-1517)
View the SourceWikidata: Battle of Chaldiran
Wikidata Q745110, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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