Peace of Amasya

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Peace of Amasya
1555
Safavid Empire and the Ottoman Empire
.
Ottoman–Safavid War (1532–55) gave him access to the Persian Gulf
and established a stable eastern border for the Ottoman Empire.

The Peace of Amasya (

Shah Tahmasp of Safavid Iran and Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire at the city of Amasya, following the Ottoman–Safavid War of 1532–1555
.

Overview

The treaty defined the border between Iran and the Ottoman Empire and was followed by twenty years of peace. By this treaty,

Zagros
down to the Persian Gulf.

Several buffer zones were established as well throughout

Eastern Anatolia, such as in Erzurum, Shahrizor, and Van.[5] Kars was declared neutral, and its existing fortress was destroyed.[6][7]

The Ottomans, further, guaranteed access for Persian pilgrims to go to the Muslim holy cities of

Shia holy sites of pilgrimages in Iraq.[8]

The decisive parting of the Caucasus and the irrevocable ceding of Mesopotamia to the Ottomans happened per the next major peace treaty known as the Treaty of Zuhab in 1639 CE/AD.[9]

Another term of the treaty was that the Safavids were required to end the ritual cursing of the first three

Sahaba (companions of Muhammad) — all held in high esteem by Sunnis. This condition was a common demand of Ottoman-Safavid treaties,[11] and in this case was considered humiliating for Tahmasp.[12]

References

  1. ISBN 978-1442241466
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  2. ^ The Reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, 1520–1566, V.J. Parry, A History of the Ottoman Empire to 1730, ed. M.A. Cook (Cambridge University Press, 1976), 94.
  3. ISBN 1598843362
    p 698
  4. ^ A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East, Vol. II, ed. Spencer C. Tucker, (ABC-CLIO, 2010). 516.
  5. ISBN 978-1107245082
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  6. ISBN 1598843362
    p 698
  7. ISBN 978-1442241466
    .
  8. ISBN 0-521-29163-1
  9. ^ Феодальный строй Archived 2009-04-26 at the Wayback Machine, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian)
  10. ISBN 9780857716613
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  11. ISBN 9781845111229
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  12. ISBN 9780230370739
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Further reading
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