Ottoman Persian Foreign Relations

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1514 Battle of Chaldiran.

The Ottoman Turks defeated the Safavi army through the use of artillery. This battle established a period of overwhelming Military superiority for the Ottoman over the Safavi. This gave the Ottoman the control of the high plateau of Eastern Anatolia which gave the Ottoman a naturally defensible eastern border. At this point Salim closed the border to the Persian silk trade which was Persia's main source of foreign exchange.1.

New Trade Partners after Chaldiran.

After Chaldiran Persia focused more on China and India as trading partners.2.

Sulaiman's First Persian Campaign

Grand Vizier Ibrahim enters Tabriz in Summer of 1534. In October Sulaiman joins the army under Ibrahim and jointly they take Baghdad. In 15356 they sacked Tabriz and headed home. Tabriz was occupied by the Ottoman from 1534 to 1536. 3.

Sulaiman's Second Persian Campaign

The Ottoman Army takes Van but the campaign is inconclusive.4.

Sulaiman's Third and Final Campaign

In 1553 Sulaiman invaded Persia. Shah Tahmasp's son beat defeated the Turks at Erzurum but over all the Turks triumphed militarily. After two years the a treaty was signed giving Tabriz to the Persians. 5.

Ottoman Prince Bayezid fled to the court of Tahmasp Safavi.

In 1559 Bayezid fled to the court of Tahmasp. he was at first treated with great respect and honor but soon he was returned to Selim Sultan of the Ottoman Empire to be executed. 6.

War of 1578 Ottoman move into Caucasus.

In 1578 the Ottoman empire invaded the Crimea and wrested control of the Principality of Georgia from Persia. Georgia became a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire. This launched a 12 year war which resulted in Persia ceding Georgia, Azerbaijan, Shirvan Tabriz, and other provinces to Sulaiman Sultan of the Ottoman. 7.

Ivan the Terrible takes Astrakhan

The Russians had been moving into Astrakhan since shortly after the reign of Ivan the Terrible began. The Ottoman Turks moved to drive the Russians out in 1568. The effort was a failure and a treaty was signed shortly after that ceding Astrakhan to the Russians.8.

British and Dutch at Port Hormuz