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Ottoman–Safavid Wars

1514 CE – 1639 CE · 125 years

Over a century of intermittent warfare between the Sunni Ottoman Empire and Shia Safavid Persia for control of Iraq, the Caucasus, and eastern Anatolia — shaping the Sunni-Shia divide that persists today.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Ottoman Empire
  • Safavid Persia

Key moments

Defining events in the Ottoman–Safavid Wars.

  1. 1514 Battle of Chaldiran
  2. 1534 Capture of Baghdad
  3. 1609–1610 Battle of DimDim
  4. 1638 Siege of Baghdad

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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St. Basil's Cathedral

1555 CE – still standing

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Süleymaniye Mosque

1557 CE – still standing

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Spanish Treasure Fleet

1566 CE – 1790 CE

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French Wars of Religion

1562 CE – 1598 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1514 CE and 1639 CE.

1516 CE Ottoman-Mamluk War 1524 CE German Peasants' War 1526 CE Battle of Mohács 1546 CE Schmalkaldic War 1555 CE St. Basil's Cathedral

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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