Ottoman-Safavid War (1578-1590)
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Was a war between the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire. The war was won by the Ottomans that gained various territories, in particular western Iran.
Chronology
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January 1588: In 1587, Ottoman forces under the Governor of Baghdad, Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha, managed to take Luristan and Hamadan.
January 1586: Tabriz was a significant city in Persia at the time, and Osman Pasha was a prominent Ottoman military leader. The capture of Tabriz by the Ottoman forces marked a significant military achievement for the Ottoman Empire in their expansion efforts.
September 1576: The Ottomans took Akhaltsikhe in August 1576.
September 1578: Shirvan fell to the Ottomans before the end of the summer of 1578. The Ottomans had now control of almost all Persian territories west of the Caspian Sea coast.
January 1589: The Ottoman commander Farhād Pasha advanced into Karabakh through Georgia. Many of the Turkic Qizilbash tribes, which formed the backbone of the Safavid military, submitted without any significant resistance in order to protect their own interests.
Was a military Ottoman expedition launched in 1578 by grand-vizier Lala Mustafa Pasha against Persia.
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.
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.
Was a treaty that ended the Ottoman-Safavid War of 1578-1590.
March 1590: According to the Treaty of Constantinople, the Ottoman Empire kept most of its gains in the Ottoman-Safavid War of 1578-1590. These included most of the southern Caucasus (which included the Safavid domains in Georgia, composed of the Kingdoms of Kartli and Kakheti and the eastern part of the Samtskhe-Meskheti principality, as well as the Erivan Province, Karabakh, and Shirvan), the Azerbaijan Province (incl. Tabriz, but not Ardabil, which remained in Safavid hands), Luristan, Dagestan, most of the remaining parts of Kurdistan, Shahrizor, Khuzestan, Baghdad and Mesopotamia.
