Trabzon expedetion (1510)
The Trebizond Expedition is the incident in which Shah Ismail sent a military unit to Trabzon in 1510.
| Trabzon expedition(1510) | |||||||
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| Part of Ottoman–Persian wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
.svg){kind=small} Safavid Empire |
.svg){kind=small} Ottoman Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Ismail I |
Selim I | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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3,000 |
Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
See also
changeBackground
changeIn 1505, Shah Ismail's brother set out with an army of 3,000 to plunder Trabzon under Selim's rule, but the Safavid army was defeated by Selim and pushed back to Erzincan. Selim massacred many and seized weapons and ammunition.[1] In 1507, Shah Ismail raided the Dulkadirids, in response Selim attacked Erzincan in 1507 and defeated the Safavid army.[1]
Battle
changeIn 1510, Shah Ismail sent another military unit to the province that Selim had successfully defender in 1505.[2]Shah Ismail's brother crossed Ottoman territory and marched to trabzon,but was defeated by Selim.
Refences
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- ↑ Bostan-berber, Hümeyra (2024-10-15). "Ágoston, Gábor. The Last Muslim Conquest: The Ottoman Empire and Its Wars in Europe. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021. XV+664 Sayfa". Kadim (8): 201–205. doi:10.54462/kadim.1544050. ISSN 2757-9395.
- ↑ Isom-Verhaaren, Christine (2022-06-01). "God's Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World. By Alan Mikhail. New York: Liveright, 2020. Pp. xiv+480. $39.95". The Journal of Modern History. 94 (2): 479–480. doi:10.1086/719539. ISSN 0022-2801.