Battle of Tabriz (1514)

Battle of Tabriz (1514)
Part of Ottoman–Persian War (1505–1517)

Selim entering Tabriz
DateSeptember 1514
Location
Result Ottoman victory
Territorial
changes
  • Tabriz captured by the Ottomans after the Battle of Chaldiran
  • Fall of the Safavid capital in 1514
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Safavid Empire
Commanders and leaders
Selim I
Dukaginzade Ahmed Pasha
Piri Çelebi
Idris Bitlisi
Tajlu Khanum

Battle of Tabriz (1514), a phase in the Ottoman–Persian Wars.

Having inflicted a heavy defeat on the Safavid army under the command of Shah Ismail in the Battle of Chaldiran (1514) on 23 August 1514, Ottoman army under the command of Yavuz Sultan Selim continued its forward operations and entered the Safavid capital Tabriz on 6 September 1514.