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Polity that includes all territories militarly occupied by Persia (Modern) that are not part of a specific military territory.
Establishment
October 1603: Tabriz, a major city in northwestern Iran, was captured by the Safavid Empire.
November 1603: In 1603, the Safavid Empire, led by Shah Abbas I, entered Nakhchivan, a strategic territory located in present-day Azerbaijan.
November 1603: The Safavid army, led by Shah Abbas I, laid siege to Yerevan.
Chronology
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Were a series of wars between Ottoman Empire and the Safavid, Afsharid, Zand, and Qajar dynasties of Iran (Persia) through the 16th-20th centuries.
1.1.Ottoman-Safavid War (1603-1618)
Was a war between the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire. Persia regained and reestablished its suzerainty over the Caucasus and Western Iran, which had been lost at the Treaty of Constantinople in 1590.
1.1.1.Safavid Invasion (1603)
Was the Safavid invasion of the Ottoman Empire.
July 1604: The Safavid army captured Yerevan.
December 1604: The Safavids advanced towards Kars before being stopped in Akhaltsikhe.
July 1606: Abbas I was able to liberate Ganja, Baku, Shirvan and Shamakhi in Azerbaijan.
1.1.2.Treaty of Nasuh Pasha
The Treaty of Nasuh Pasha was signed on 20 November 1612 and ended the first phase of the Ottoman-Safavid War (1603-1618).
November 1612: The Treaty of Nasuh Pasha was signed by the Persians and by the Ottomans. It restored the border of 1555 established by the Peace of Amasya.
1.2.Ottoman-Safavid War (1623-1639)
Was a war between the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire.
December 1625: The Ottoman army reached Baghdad and invested it in November.
December 1638: In 1638, Murad IV again personally led an army against Baghdad. The city fell in December after a siege of 39 days.
1.2.1.Safavid Invasion (1624)
Was a Safavid military campaign against the Ottoman Empire.
January 1624: The Persians, led by Shah Abbas I of the Safavid Empire, besieged Baghdad in 1624.
January 1625: The Persians captured most of Iraq, including the cities of Kirkuk and Mosul and the Shia holy shrines of Najaf and Karbala, which the Shah visited.
1.3.Ottoman-Persian War (1730-1735)
Was a war between the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire.
June 1730: In the spring of 1730, Nader attacked the Ottomans and regained most of the territory lost during the collapse of the Safavid Empire in the late 1720s.
1.3.1.Tahmasp's campaign of 1731
Was a failed attempt by Tahmasp II of the Safavid dynasty to launch an offensive into Ottoman held Caucasus.
January 1732: Tahmasp tried to assert himself by launching a foolhardy campaign to recapture Yerevan. He ended up losing all of Nader's recent gains to the Ottomans.
January 1611: The Maragheh Khanate was established in 1610 by the Qajar dynasty in Azerbaijan.
Disestablishment
January 1732: Tahmasp tried to assert himself by launching a foolhardy campaign to recapture Yerevan. He ended up losing all of Nader's recent gains to the Ottomans.
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Safavid Empire (Military Occupation)
