Battle of Koçhisar (1516)

Battle of Koçhisar
Part of Ottoman–Persian Wars
Date1516
Location
Result

Kurdish-Ottoman victory

  • After Mardin, Urfa was annexed to the Ottomans.
Belligerents
Ottoman Safavids
Commanders and leaders
Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha
Divane Hüsrev Pasha
Karaçin Ahmed Bey
Pir Hüseyin Beg
Idris Bitlisi
Halil Eyyubi
Çavuş Ahmed Beg
Atak Ahmed Beg
Karahan Ustaculı 
Kangırıl Sultan
Çuka Sultan 
Velihan Beg 
Yegan Beg 
Hüseyin Beg
Saru Beg 
Durmuş Beg
Strength
20,000 6,000
Casualties and losses
500 300

Battle of Koçhisar (1516) took place in May 1516 at the DedeKargın location near Mardin Kızıltepe, between Ottoman army under the command of Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha and the Safavid army under the command of Ustaclu Kara Han.