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Name: Lala Mustafa Pasha's Caucasian campaign

Type: Event

Start: 1578 AD

End: 1578 AD

Parent: Ottoman-Safavid War (1578-1590)

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Was a military Ottoman expedition launched in 1578 by grand-vizier Lala Mustafa Pasha against Persia.

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  • September 1578: King of Kakheti, Alexander acted wisely and made peace with the Ottomans on September 1, agreeing on the payment of annual tribute. Because of this agreement, the Kingdom of Kakheti managed to escape the war completely unharmed.
  • August 1578: The Ottomans continued their expansion against the Safavids, and by the August 24 took the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.
  • August 1578: Some Samtskhian nobles, including the brother of the ruler, accepted Ottoman vassalage.
  • January 1578: Samtskhe-Saatabago revolted against Ottoman rule.
  • August 1578: Turkish armies defeated the coalition of Irano-Georgian forces in the Battle of Çıldır.

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