Ottoman-Safavid War (1623-1639)

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• June 1636: Persian ruler Shah Safi retook Yerevan and Tabriz after defeating an Ottoman army.
• June 1636: Persian ruler Shah Safi retook Yerevan and Tabriz after defeating an Ottoman army.
• January 1634: In 1633, the Georgian kingdoms of Kartli and Kakheti, ruled by King Teimuraz, rebelled against Safavid rule. This defiance led to the territory falling into the hands of Georgian rebels, escalating tensions on the Caucasian front of the Persians.
• January 1635: In 1634, Rustam Khan, a Georgian convert to Islam, was sent by the Shah of Persia to subdue the kingdoms of Kartli and Kakheti. Teimuraz I, the ruler of Kartli, was defeated by Rustam Khan during this campaign.
• January 1635: In 1634, Rustam Khan, a Georgian convert to Islam, was sent by the Shah of Persia to subdue the kingdoms of Kartli and Kakheti. Teimuraz I, the ruler of Kartli, was defeated in the conflict.
• August 1635: The Turkish Army captured Yerevan on 8 August.
• January 1634: In 1633, the Georgian kingdoms of Kartli and Kakheti, ruled by King Teimuraz, rebelled against Safavid rule. This defiance led to the territory falling into the hands of Georgian rebels, escalating tensions on the Caucasian front of the Persians.
• June 1636: Persian ruler Shah Safi retook Yerevan and Tabriz after defeating an Ottoman army.
• June 1636: Persian ruler Shah Safi retook Yerevan and Tabriz after defeating an Ottoman army.
• September 1635: Tabriz conquered by turkey.
• June 1636: Persian ruler Shah Safi retook Yerevan and Tabriz after defeating an Ottoman army.
• December 1625: The Ottoman army reached Baghdad and invested it in November.
• December 1625: The Ottoman army reached Baghdad and invested it in November.
• September 1635: Tabriz conquered by turkey.
• August 1635: The Turkish Army captured Yerevan on 8 August.
• December 1638: In 1638, Murad IV again personally led an army against Baghdad. The city fell in December after a siege of 39 days.
• September 1635: Tabriz conquered by turkey.

1. Safavid Invasion (1624)

Was a Safavid military campaign against the Ottoman Empire.

• January 1624: The Persians, led by Shah Abbas I of the Safavid Empire, besieged Baghdad in 1624.
• January 1624: The Persians, led by Shah Abbas I of the Safavid Empire, besieged Baghdad in 1624.
• January 1625: The Persians captured most of Iraq, including the cities of Kirkuk and Mosul and the Shia holy shrines of Najaf and Karbala, which the Shah visited.

2. Treaty of Zuhab

Was the treaty that ended the Ottoman-Safavid War (1623-1639).

• May 1639: The treaty confirmed the dividing of territories in West Asia priorly held by the Safavids, such as the permanent parting of the Caucasus between the two powers, in which East Armenia, eastern Georgia, Dagestan, and Azerbaijan stayed under the control of the Safavid Empire, while western Georgia and most of Western Armenia came fully under Ottoman rule. It also included all of Mesopotamia (including Baghdad) being irreversibly ceded to the Ottomans, as well as Safavid-controlled eastern Samtskhe (Meskheti), making Samtskhe in its entirety an Ottoman possession.