Battle of Urmia (1604)

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Battle of Urmia
Part of the Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–1618)
1 Allahvardi Khan charges his cavalry at the Ottoman army and assails their flanks aggressively 2 The Ottomans attack and Allahvardi feigns retreat, encouraging the Ottoman general to join the pursuit with a large part of his army 3 Abbas signals his hidden army to march over the hill and fall upon the Ottomans pursuing Allahvardi's forces which turn round and catch the Ottomans in a pincer 4 Another contingent of the hidden Safavid troops marches against the now weakened Ottoman line defending their camp and easily overcomes them 5 Subsequently a portion of the aforementioned group return to seal off the Ottomans in a pocket, killing and imprisoning almost all locked into the trap
Date 1604 Location Urmia Result Safavid victory Territorial changes Safavid recovery of western Persia and capture of Armenia and Georgia
Belligerents
Safavid Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Shah Abbas I Allahverdi Khan	Yusuf Sinan Pasha Safar Pasha
Strength
~70,000 [citation needed]	~90,000 [citation needed]
Casualties and losses
Unknown	~20,000 Casualties

The Battle of Urmia (or, Urumiyeh) was fought near Lake Urmia in north-western Persia between the Safavid and Ottoman empires and resulted in a decisive Safavid victory. The Ottomans were fooled into an ambush by the Persian army where many of them were killed or captured in an encirclement manoeuvre. Over the next three years all of western and northern Persia was recaptured and the Safavids even re-established their suzerainty over their former vassals in the Caucasus.