Major conflict1532 – 1555 · 23 years

Ottoman-Safavid Wars (1532-1555)

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Persia · Anatolia · Mesopotamia

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Series of conflicts between Ottoman and Safavid Persian empires for control of Mesopotamia and the Caucasus, establishing dividing lines that persist today.

Belligerents2

Ottoman Empire
Safavid Empire

ON THE MAPOttoman EmpireSafavid Empire

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Ottoman-Safavid Wars (1532-1555) (1532 – 1555). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/ottoman-safavid-wars-1532 · Sources & methodology