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Writer's pictureGeorge Castrioti

August 23rd, 1514 - The Battle of Chaldiran

Conflict: Ottoman-Persian Wars

Combatants: Ottomans vs. Persians

Location: Persia

Outcome: Ottoman victory


When Selim I, a devout Moslem, was made the sultan of the Ottomans, he turned away from attempting to conquer the Christian West in order to confront heresy within the Islamic East. Selim marched an army of 50,000 into Persia to engage the forces of Sha Ismail I. At Chaldiran in Armenia, Selim's small arms and artillery decisively defeated the greater force of Persians.


Shah Ismail at the Battle of Chaldiran by Muin Musavvir

Points of Interest:

  • Selim I also occupied Azerbaijan and Kurdistan.

  • Selim I intended to conquer more of the East but his Janissaries refused to continue any further.


Sultan Selim I by Paolo Veronese
Portrait of Shah Ismail I by Cristofano dell'Altissimo




















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Sources:


Dupuy, Trevor N., Johnson, Curt, & Bongard, David L. (1992). The Harper's Encyclopedia of Military Biography. New York: Castle Books (HarperCollins).


Dupuy, R. Ernest & Dupuy, Trevor N. (1993). The Harper's Encyclopedia of Military History. New York: HarperCollins.


Eggenberger, David (1985). An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present. New York: Dover Publications, Inc.

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