- Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590)
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Ottoman–Safavid War of 1578–1590 Part of the Ottoman–Persian Wars Date 1578–1590 Location Mesopotamia (Iraq), Caucasus Result Ottoman victory, Treaty of Istanbul (1590) Belligerents 
Safavid Empire
Ottoman EmpireCommanders and leaders Mohammed Khodabanda
Shah Abbas I Sultan Murad IIIOttoman–Safavid Wars
Chaldiran – War of 1532–1555 – War of 1578–1590 – War of 1603–1618 – War of 1623–1639 – War of 1722–1727
Campaigns of Nader Shah
War of 1730–1736 – War of 1743–1746
Subsequent conflicts
War of 1821–1823The Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590) was a war between Safavid Persia under Mohammed Khodabanda and later Abbas I, and the Ottoman Empire under Murad III. It began in 1577-1578 and ended in 1590.
The Ottomans started the war, with the objective of conquering Azerbaijan and the Caucasus.[1] The war lasted for years, but the Ottomans took Tiflis in 1578, Kars and Tabriz in 1585, and Georgia became a tributary vassal of the Ottoman Empire.[2] As a result, the Ottomans effectively came to rule over Azerbaijan and the Caucasus as far as the Caspian sea.[3]
A peace of Istanbul was concluded on 21 March 1590, in which Iran confirmed these Ottoman conquests, promised to end Shiite propaganda in Ottoman territories and persecution of Sunnis in her own lands.[3]
The advent of the Ottoman-Safavid war temporarily deflected Ottoman interest from European affairs, where the Ottoman Empire had been active with the Franco-Ottoman alliance and the support of the Dutch Revolt, in an interesting episode of mutually-supportive relations between Islam and Protestantism.
See also
- Battle of Çıldır
- Battle of Torches
- Treaty of Istanbul (1590)
Notes
Categories:- Ottoman–Persian Wars
- Ottoman Georgia
- 16th-century conflicts
- History of Georgia (country)
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