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Battle Of Ovacık (1515)
The Battle of Ovacık took place between the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman army under the command of Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha and the Safavid army under the command of Nur-Ali Khalifa, Nur Ali Khalifa, and ended the life of Nur Ali along with the rebellion. Battle When Nur-Ali Khalifa, Nur Ali Khalifa first entered Çemişgezek, the local ruler of the region, Rüstem Bey, did not resist Shah Ismail's forces and swore allegiance. Rüstem Bey, who fought against Selim I, Yavuz in Battle of Chaldiran, Chaldıran, sought refuge with the Ottoman Sultan after the battle, but his request was not accepted and he was executed. His son Hüseyin Bey's request for asylum was accepted and he was ordered to join Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha, Bıyıklı Mehmet Pasha with his forces. The Safavid Iran, Safavid army, learning that Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha, Bıyıklı Mehmet Pasha was approaching them, decided to confront him despite their surprise. The two armies met on the Tekir plateau of Ovacık in mid-J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunceli
Tunceli (, , ) is a municipality (belde) in Tunceli District and capital of Tunceli Province, Turkey. The city has a Zaza majority. It had a population of 35,161 in 2021. Name During Ottoman times, the settlement was called ''Kalan'' or ''Mameki''. Tunceli, which is a modern name, literally means "bronze fist" in Turkish (''tunç'' meaning "bronze" and ''eli'', in this context, meaning "fist"). It shares the name with the military operation under which the Dersim massacre was conducted. The province of Dersim (or Dêrsim) was renamed Tunceli in 1935, as was the settlement of Kalan, which became the province's administrative center in 1938. Dersim is popularly understood to be composed of the Kurdish/Zazaki words ''der'' ("door") and ''sim'' ("silver"), thus meaning "silver door." Whether the town should be called Dersim or Tunceli has been a cause of political quarrels. In May 2019, the local authorities decided to call it Dersim, while the governor said it was against the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovacık District, Tunceli
Ovacık District is a district of Tunceli Province in Turkey. The town of Ovacık, Tunceli, Ovacık is its seat and the district had a population of 6,366 in 2021. Its area is 1,401 km2. Composition Beside the town of Ovacık, the district encompasses sixty-two villages and 169 Hamlet (place), hamlets. #Adaköy, Ovacık, Adaköy #Ağaçpınar, Ovacık, Ağaçpınar #Aktaş, Ovacık, Aktaş #Akyayık, Ovacık, Akyayık #Arslandoğmuş, Ovacık, Arslandoğmuş #Aşağıtorunoba, Ovacık, Aşağıtorunoba #Aşlıca, Ovacık, Aşlıca #Bilgeç, Ovacık, Bilgeç #Burnak, Ovacık, Burnak #Buzlutepe, Ovacık, Buzlutepe #Büyükköy, Ovacık, Büyükköy #Cevizlidere, Ovacık, Cevizlidere #Çakmaklı, Ovacık, Çakmaklı #Çambulak, Ovacık, Çambulak #Çatköy, Ovacık, Çatköy #Çayüstü, Ovacık, Çayüstü #Çemberlitaş, Ovacık, Çemberlitaş #Çöğürlük, Ovacık, Çöğürlük #Doludibek, Ovacık, Doludibek #Eğimli, Ovacık, Eğimli #Eğrikavak, Ovacık, Eğrikavak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries. The empire emerged from a Anatolian beyliks, ''beylik'', or principality, founded in northwestern Anatolia in by the Turkoman (ethnonym), Turkoman tribal leader Osman I. His successors Ottoman wars in Europe, conquered much of Anatolia and expanded into the Balkans by the mid-14th century, transforming their petty kingdom into a transcontinental empire. The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire with the Fall of Constantinople, conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by Mehmed II. With its capital at History of Istanbul#Ottoman Empire, Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) and control over a significant portion of the Mediterranean Basin, the Ottoman Empire was at the centre of interacti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safavid Iran
The Guarded Domains of Iran, commonly called Safavid Iran, Safavid Persia or the Safavid Empire, was one of the largest and longest-lasting Iranian empires. It was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often considered the beginning of History of Iran, modern Iranian history, as well as one of the gunpowder empires. The Safavid List of monarchs of Persia, Shāh Ismail I, Ismā'īl I established the Twelver denomination of Shia Islam, Shīʿa Islam as the Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam, official religion of the empire, marking one of the most important turning points in the history of Islam. An Iranian dynasty rooted in the Sufi Safavid order founded by sheikhs claimed by some sources to be of Kurds, Kurdish origin, it heavily intermarried with Turkoman (ethnonym), Turkoman, Georgians, Georgian, Circassians, Circassian, and Pontic Greeks, Pontic GreekAnthony Bryer. "Greeks and Türkmens: The Pontic Exception", ''Dumbarton Oaks Papers, Vol. 29'' (1975), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha
Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha (; died 24 December 1521) known as Fatih Pasha, was an Ottoman serdar and governor of Diyarbakır. Early life There is little information about his origin and early life, but there is claim that he was descended from the Turkoman Aq Qoyunlu tribe. He was probably educated in the Enderûn. Military career After the Battle of Chaldiran (1514), he commanded the East Front against the Safavids from 1515 to 1521. In this campaign, he captured the Diyarbakır, Mardin, Raqqa, Mosul and other important cities of the Southeastern Anatolia and Northern Mesopotamia regions. He defeated the Safavid army twice in the Battle of Ovacık (1515) and the Battle of Koçhisar (1516). He commanded the Ottoman left flank at the Battle of Marj Dabiq against the Mamluk Mamluk or Mamaluk (; (singular), , ''mamālīk'' (plural); translated as "one who is owned", meaning "slave") were non-Arab, ethnically diverse (mostly Turkic, Caucasian, Eastern and Southeastern Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nur-Ali Khalifa
Nur-Ali Khalifa, also known as Nur-Ali Khalifa Rumlu, was an early 16th-century Iranian military leader and official from the Turkoman Rumlu tribe. He served as the governor of Erzincan from during the reign of Safavid Shah Ismail I (1501–1524). Nur-Ali Khalifa was a pivotal figure in the early days of the Safavid realm. His large-scale campaign in Anatolia in 1512, with troops levied on the spot from Sufis belonging to the Safavid order and which coincided with the ascension of Selim I (r. 1512-1520) to the throne, was one of the ''casus belli'' that led to the Battle of Chaldiran (1514). This Safavid force led by Nur-Ali Khalifa penetrated deep into Anatolia, captured and sacked the town of Tokat, had the '' khotbeh'' read there in Ismail I's name, and managed to defeat an Ottoman army led by Sinan Pasha that was sent after them. During the decisive Chaldiran battle, Nur-Ali Khalifa and Mohammad Khan Ustajlu were Ismail I Ismail I (; 17 July 1487 – 23 May 1524) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1515
__NOTOC__ Year 1515 ( MDXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 1 – King Louis XII of France dies of severe gout after a reign of 14 years, and his son-in-law, François, inherits the throne. * January 25 – François, is crowned King of France in the Cathedral of Reims, with his wife Claude, daughter of the late King Louis XII, crowned as Queen consort. * January - In Vietnam, an uprising led by Phùng Chương broke out in Tam Đảo and was quickly quelled by general Trịnh Duy Sản under emperor Lê Tương Dực of the Lê dynasty.Ngô Sĩ Liên (1993), Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, page 567, vol. 15, "Tương Dực Đế" * February 8 – King Henry VIII of England opens the English Parliament. Henry's chief advisor, Sir Thomas Nevill, is elected Speaker of the House of Commons * February 11 – George of Kratovo, a silversmith in Serbia, becomes a martyr to the Christian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottoman–Persian Wars (1505–1517)
The Ottoman–Persian wars (1505–1517) were a series of military conflicts fought between the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Iran, Safavid dynasty of Iran during the reign of Sultan Bayezid II and his son Selim I. Sparked by sectarian and territorial rivalries, the wars culminated in major Ottoman victories, including the pivotal Battle of Chaldiran (1514) and the subsequent conquest of Eastern Anatolia region, Eastern Anatolia and northern Mesopotamia. These campaigns marked the beginning of a long-standing Ottoman–Persians, Persian rivalry that would last until Persian campaign (World War I), 1918 Background In 1500, after becoming leader of the Safavid order, Ismail I launched a revolt against the Aq Qoyunlu state, first conquering the Shirvanshahs and later all of Iran. During his Campaigns of Ismail I, campaigns, he massacred thousands of Sunnis and ultimately destroyed the Aq Qoyunlu entirely. Selim I, Prince Selim, who closely followed these events, feared a Safavid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
