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.
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.
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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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