Battle·Later empires
Battle of Chaldiran Between Ottomans and Safavids
- Date
- 23 August 1514 CE920 AH512 years ago
- Place
- Chaldiran, northwestern Iran
- People
- Selim I, Shah Ismail I
The Battle of Chaldiran took place on 23 August 1514 in northwestern Iran. The Ottoman army under Selim I defeated the Safavid forces of Shah Ismail I. Firearms and artillery gave the Ottomans a clear advantage. Ismail was wounded, and the Ottomans annexed eastern Anatolia and northern Iraq. The war set the pattern of border conflict between the two empires for the next two centuries.
Why it matters
The defeat limited Safavid expansion westward and shaped the long Ottoman-Safavid border conflicts.