1578–1590 war between Safavid Persia and the Ottoman Empire
Dates, participants and sources of this conflict →Related events
The chronological links below come from Wikidata’s “part of” and “has part” relations. This selection covers 1578 — 1588; it does not claim to cover the entire conflict or reconstruct an army’s movements.
- 1578
Lala Mustafa Pasha's Caucasian campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q8140679 - 9 August 1578
Battle of Çıldır ↗
Source · Q3652215 - 24 August 1578
Capture of Tbilisi ↗
Source · Q119167844 - 9 September 1578
Battle of Koyun Gecidi ↗
Source · Q65557886 - 9 November 1578 — 11 November 1578
Battle of Shamakhi ↗
Source · Q118929901 - 9 November 1578 — 12 November 1578
Siege of Shamakhi ↗
Source · Q137216924 - 24 November 1578 — 26 November 1578
Battle of Shahoglu ↗
Source · Q118929938 - 30 March 1579 — 1 August 1579
Siege of Tbilisi ↗
Source · Q119166481 - 1582
Battle of Mukhrani ↗
Source · Q12867260 - 1582
Siege of Tbilisi ↗
Source · Q6054041 - 9 May 1583 — 11 May 1583
Battle of Torches ↗
Source · Q4872575 - 14 July 1583 — 1588
Serdar Ferhad Pasha's Georgian campaigns
On the map ↗ Source · Q12869909 - 7 November 1583
Battle of Dezful ↗
Source · Q118929924 - 1584
Battle of Khatisopeli ↗
Source · Q16379231 - 21 September 1585
Battle of Alvar ↗
Source · Q118929912 - 23 September 1585 — 25 September 1585
Capture of Tabriz ↗
Source · Q119167853 - 28 October 1585
Battle of Shanb Ghazan ↗
Source · Q118929979 - 30 October 1585 — 31 October 1585
Battle of Mayan ↗
Source · Q118946291 - November 1585 — September 1586
Siege of Tabriz ↗
Source · Q118744253 - 29 September 1588
Battle of Ganja ↗
Source · Q136229318
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