Campaign of Trabzon (1505)

The Campaign of Trabzon occurred in the year 1505 when Selim I fought against the Safavids after Shah Ismail's brother led an attack against Trabzon.[1][2]

Campaign of Trabzon
Part of The Ottoman–Persian Wars
Date1505
Location
Trabzon
Result Ottoman victory[1]
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Safavid Iran
Commanders and leaders
Selim I Ebrahim Mirza
Strength
450 3,000 men[1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

Shah Ismail's brother Ebrahim set out with an army composed of 3,000 men to pillage Selim's province.[1] Selim beat back and chased the Safavids with only 450 soldiers as far as Erzincan; he massacred many of them and seized their arms and munitions.[1] Selim then sent a separate force to raid the western territories of the Safavids.[1] After the battle of 1505, Shah Ismail sent an envoy to Bayezid II complaining about Selim's over-aggressive raids and demanding the return of his captured soldiers' weapons.[1] Bayezid did not return the weapons but he did send the envoy back with gifts and promises of friendship.[1] Selim fought against the Safavids again in 1507 and in 1510, both times defeating the Safavid forces.[3][4]

References
  1. Mikhail, Alan (2020). God's Shadow: The Ottoman Sultan Who Shaped the Modern World. Faber & Faber. ISBN 9780571331925.
  2. Papadimitriou, Filippos (2020). "Ottoman–Safavid Relations under Bayezid II (1501–1512)". Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  3. Finkel, Caroline (2012). Osman's Dream. John Murray Press. ISBN 9781848547858. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. Ágoston, Gábor (2021). The Last Muslim Conquest: The Ottoman Empire and Its Wars in Europe. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691159324. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
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