Battle of Sufiyan

Battle of Sufiyan
Part of the Ottoman–Safavid War of 1603–1618
Date6 November 1605
Location
Sufiyan, near Tabriz
Result Safavid victory
Belligerents
Safavid dynasty Safavid Iran Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Safavid dynasty Shah Abbas
Safavid dynasty Allahverdi Khan
Safavid dynasty Qarachaqay Beg		 Cığalazade Yusuf
Köse Sefer Pasha Executed
Tekkeli Mehmed
Karakaş Pasha
Kaçar Mehmed Pasha
Strength
~60,000[1] ~100,000 (including large amount of janissaries)[2]
Casualties and losses
Unknown ~20,000 killed[3]

The Battle of Sufiyan[a] took place on 6 November 1605, during the Ottoman–Safavid War of 1603–1618. The Safavids, under King (Shah) Abbas I (r. 1588–1629), beat a numerically superior, fully-fledged Ottoman army.[1][4] It was one of King Abbas I's greatest military victories.[5] According to Colin Imber: "For the Ottomans the battle of Sufiyan was a greater disaster than anything they had experienced in Hungary, where the war which had begun in 1593 had revealed Ottoman military deficiencies in the face of new European weapons and tactics."[6]

  1. ^ a b Blow 2009, p. 81.
  2. ^ Blow 2009, pp. 79, 81.
  3. ^ Tucker, Spencer. "Middle East Conflicts from Ancient Egypt to the 21st Century." p. 8 (under "Abbas the Great")
  4. ^ Imber 2012, p. 92.
  5. ^ Blow 2009, p. 173.
  6. ^ Imber 2012, p. 98.


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