Siege of Bayburt (1514)

The Siege of Bayburt was a battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid State. It ended when the Ottoman Empire capturing the city.

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When Yavuz Sultan Selim camped at Eskitepe on August 10, 1514, he dispatched Mustafa Bey, the Sanjak-Governor of Yanya, and Mehmed Bey, the Sanjak-Governor of Trabzon, along with deposed fiefs from Rumelia and Anatolia, to besiege and capture Bayburt Castle.Upon returning from the Chaldiran campaign, the Sultan arrived in Erzurum to learn that Bayburt had still not fallen. Enraged, he informed Bıyıklı Mehmed Bey, who was besieging the castle, that he would be executed if he failed.
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After Selim I ascended the throne, he sent a detachment of forces against Bayburt on his way to the Persian campaign. Ottoman forces under the command of Mustafa Bey, the Sanjak Bey of Ioannina, and Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha, the Sanjak Bey of Trabzon, captured Bayburt, which was defended by Kara Maksûd-i Sultânî, one of Ismail I's emirs.

Bayburt, along with Erzincan, was given to Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha, the Bey of Trabzon, and became a sanjak center. Under Ottoman rule, Bayburt retained its strategic importance for a time as a fortress-city near the eastern border.

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