Siege of Shamakhi (1578)

Siege of Shamakhi
	Part of Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590)
	; The Safavids besieging Shamakhi (شماخی), with Osman Pasha (عثمان‌ پاشا) defending the city, in November 1578. Secaatname, 1586
Date	9–12 November 1578
Location	Shamakhi (present day Azerbaijan)40°37′49″N 48°38′29″E / 40.63028°N 48.64139°E
Result	Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Safavid Iran Safavid Qizilbash troops.; ;	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate; ;
Commanders and leaders
Aras Khan	Osman Pasha; Adil Giray
Strength
20,000	15,000–20,000 Ottomans; 20,000–30,000 Crimean Tatars
Casualties and losses
10,000 killed	Unknown

The Siege of Shamakhi (Persian: محاصره شماخی) occurred during the Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590), as an attempt by the Safavids to capture the Ottoman strongly of Shamakhi in 9-12 November 1578. Shamakhi had been conquered by the Ottomans at the onset of the war by the mid-autumn of 1578, together with the region of Georgia, and the major cities of Derbent and Baku. The author Asafi, secretary and hagiographer of Osman Pasha, was also present in Shamakhi during this period.