Capture of Bayburt (1514)

The Capture of Bayburt occurred in 1514 when Selim I ordered Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha to undertake the conquest of Bayburt.[2][3]

Capture of Bayburt
Part of The Ottoman–Persian Wars
Date 1514 Location Bayburt Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	Safavid Iran
Commanders and leaders
Selim I[1] Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha	Kara Maksud
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

After Selim I had departed from Edirne to launch his expedition against Shah Ismail he reached a place called Gök-Seki near Kemah.[2] The Ottoman army waited in this vicinity for more than a week for grain which was being transported from Trabzon.[2] During this period raiders were dispatched against Kemah and Bayburt.[2] An Aq Qoyunlu lord who had entered Ottoman service, Ferruhşad Bey, took captive some of Shah Ismail’s men including his chief Emir Ahmed and brought them to Selim.[2]

Sultan Selim assigned Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha with the task of conquering Bayburt.[3] Bıyıkli Mehmed Pasha conquered Bayburt which was defended by a Qizilbash Safavid chief, Kara Maksud.[2][4] The attitude of Mehmet Pasha cause some of the guards around Kiği to be afraid, this area was also captured.[3]

After his victory at Chaldiran Selim returned and received the news that the castles of Bayburt and Kiği had been conquered.[2][3] He entrusted Bıyıkli Mehmet Pasha with the administration of the Erzincan-Bayburt province.[2]