Siege of Ganja (1606)

Siege of Ganja
Part of the Ottoman–Safavid War of 1603–1618

Ganja fortress from the 16th century
Date1606
Location
Result Safavid victory
Territorial
changes
Recapture of the city
Belligerents
Safavid Empire Ottoman Empire

The siege of Ganja took place in 1606 during the Ottoman–Safavid War of 1603–1618. The Safavids had lost the city to the Ottomans by the Treaty of Constantinople of 1590. Three months after the victorious Battle of Sufiyan (1605), Safavid king (shah) Abbas I of Persia (r.1588–1629) invested Ganja, and reconquered it after a six-month siege.[1][2] After Ganja was recaptured, Abbas I and his men proceeded to Tiflis (Tbilisi), retaking control of the city in the same year.[2][3]

  1. ^ Bosworth 2000, p. 282-283.
  2. ^ a b Blow 2009, p. 82.
  3. ^ Floor 2008, pp. 295–296.