Euphrates-Tigris Expedition
| Euphrates-Tigris Expedition | |||||||||
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| Part of Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517) and Ottoman–Persian Wars | |||||||||
Before and after the Expedition | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Mamluk Sultanate Supported by : Safavid Iran | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Selim the Grim Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha Deli Husrev Pasha Idris Bitlisi |
Shah Ismail I Nur-Ali Khalifa † Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri † Tuman Bay II | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 56,000–86,000 | 36,000–46,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 15,000–20,000 | 60,000 | ||||||||
The Euphrates-Tigris Campaign was a military operation conducted by the Ottoman Army against the Safavids and Mamluks in Eastern Anatolia in 1514.