Ottoman-Persian Wars

The Ottoman–Persian wars were a long series of conflicts fought between the Ottoman Empire and different Persian dynasties, especially the Safavids and later the Qajars, from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. These wars were mainly about control of Mesopotamia, the Caucasus, and eastern Anatolia, and they reflected the rivalry between Sunni Ottomans and Shia Persians. The wars shaped the borders of modern Turkey, Iran, and Iraq.Roger Savory, Iran under the Safavids, Cambridge University Press, 1980, pp. 69–85.Andrew J. Newman, Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire, I.B. Tauris, 2006, pp. 45–60.William Bayne Fisher et al., The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 6: The Timurid and Safavid Periods, Cambridge University Press, 1986, pp. 930–950.
+ Major Ottoman–Persian Wars War  Dates  Persian dynasty  Outcome Ottoman–Safavid War  1514–1515  Safavid  Ottoman victory at Chaldiran Ottoman–Safavid War  1532–1555  Safavid  Treaty of Amasya, peace settlement Ottoman–Safavid War  1578–1590  Safavid  Ottoman gains in Caucasus Ottoman–Safavid War  1603–1618  Safavid  Safavid recovery under Abbas I Ottoman–Safavid War  1623–1639  Safavid  Treaty of Zuhab, fixed borders Ottoman–Persian War  1722–1727  Safavid collapse / Afsharid rise  Ottoman gains, later reversed Ottoman–Persian War  1730–1736  Afsharid (Nader Shah)  Persian victories, Ottoman retreat Ottoman–Persian War  1743–1746  Afsharid  Treaty of Kerden, peace Ottoman–Persian War  1821–1823  Qajar  Persian defeat, Treaty of Erzurum

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