The Battle of Erzincan occurred in 1507, it was led by

Selim I Selim I ( ota, سليم الأول; tr, I. Selim; 10 October 1470 – 22 September 1520), known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute ( tr, links=no, Yavuz Sultan Selim), was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. Despite last ...

, then the governor of

Trabzon Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the Bl ...

, against the Safavids.

Background

In 1505 Shah Ismail’s brother Ebrahim set off with an army of 3,000 men to pillage Selim’s province, however the Safavid army was routed,

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pursued them as far as

Erzincan Erzincan (; ku, Erzîngan), historically Yerznka ( hy, Երզնկա), is the capital of Erzincan Province in Eastern Turkey. Nearby cities include Erzurum, Sivas, Tunceli, Bingöl, Elazığ, Malatya, Gümüşhane, Bayburt, and Giresun. The city is ...

where he massacred many of them and captured their arms and munitions.

Battle

In 1507 the Safavids under

Shah Ismail Ismail I ( fa, اسماعیل, Esmāʿīl, ; July 17, 1487 – May 23, 1524), also known as Shah Ismail (), was the founder of the Safavid dynasty of Iran, ruling as its King of Kings (''Shahanshah'') from 1501 to 1524. His reign is often c ...

led another raid into Anatolia against Alauddevle of the

Dulkadirids The Anatolian beylik of Dulkadir (Modern Turkish: ''Dulkadiroğulları Beyliği''), was one of the frontier principalities established by the Turkoman clans Bayat, Afshar and Begdili after the decline of Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm. Capitals ...

. This was a violation of Ottoman sovereignty seeing that Shah Ismail had marched through Ottoman lands and recruited into his army Turkmen fighters who were Ottoman subjects.

Bayezid II Bayezid II ( ota, بايزيد ثانى, Bāyezīd-i s̱ānī, 3 December 1447 – 26 May 1512, Turkish: ''II. Bayezid'') was the eldest son and successor of Mehmed II, ruling as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512. During his reign, ...

did not retaliate to this raid, however Selim I, then the governor of

, led an attack against Erzincan and defeated a Safavid army that was sent against him by Shah Ismail.

Aftermath

The next year Selim led an expedition against Georgia during which he subdued western Georgia and brought Imeriti and

Guria Guria ( ka, გურია) is a region (''mkhare'') in Georgia, in the western part of the country, bordered by the eastern end of the Black Sea. The region has a population of 113,000 (2016), with Ozurgeti as the regional capital. Geography ...

under Ottoman domination. Another Safavid offensive was launched against the Ottomans in 1510 when Shah Ismail’s brother led an army against Trabzon which Selim I defeated.Osman's Dream
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References

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