Battle of Çıldır

Coordinates: 41°07′44″N 43°07′58″E / 41.1289°N 43.1328°E / 41.1289; 43.1328
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Battle of Çıldır
Part of Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590)

Depiction of a battle in the Ottoman Empire
DateAugust 9, 1578
Location
Çıldır, near Kars
41°07′44″N 43°07′58″E / 41.1289°N 43.1328°E / 41.1289; 43.1328
Result

Ottoman victory[1]

  • The Ottoman army entered Tbilisi and took control of the Georgian Kingdoms of Kartli and Kaheti
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire

Safavid Persia

  • Kingdom of Kartli
Commanders and leaders
Sinan Pasha
Tokhmaq Khan Ustajlu
Strength
Unknown 25,000 Persians
7,000 Georgians
Casualties and losses
Unknown 5,000-7,000 killed in action[2]
3,000 executed[2]

The Battle of Çıldır was fought in 1578 during the Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590).

Background

The peace between the

Mohammed Khodabanda
in Persia.

Battle

After initial combat in so-called Cambaz Çukuru,[3] the main battle was around a small fort named Çıldır in north-eastern Anatolia. The commander of the Ottoman army was Lala Mustafa Pasha and the commander of the Persian army was Mohammad Khan Tokhmaq Ustajlu who had represented Persia in Istanbul after Murad III's accession. Tokhmak Khan also had a Georgian army under his command, Georgia being a Persian vassal (and its royal families being related by marriage). Tokhmak Khan tried to encircle the Ottoman army and was about to succeed when Ottoman commander Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha intervened and defeated him.[4]

Aftermath

Although

Republic of Dagestan in Russia). By this conquest Ottomans were able to reach the Caspian Sea
.

See also

References

  1. ^ Jackson, Peter and Laurence Lockhart, The Cambridge History of Iran: The Timur and Safavid Periods, Vol.6, (Cambridge University Press, 1986), 257.
  2. ^ a b Matthee 2014, p. 18.
  3. ^ a b Prof. Yaşar Yüce-Prof. Ali Sevim: Türkiye tarihi Cilt III, AKDTYKTTK Yayınları, Istanbul, 1991 p. 21
  4. ISBN 975-6480-20-3
    ,p. 207
  5. ^ Joseph von Hammer: Osmanlı Tarihi Vol II (condensation: Abdülkadir Karahan), Milliyet yayınları, Istanbul. p. 96

Sources

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