Ottoman–Persian wars (1505–1517)

Ottoman–Safavid wars
	Part of Ottoman–Persian Wars
	; Safavid campaign of Selim I and Mehmed Pasha (1515–1517)
Date	1505–1517
Location	Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Persia and Caucasus
Result	Ottoman victory
Territorial; changes	Eastern Anatolia and Northern Iraq annexed by Ottomans
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire; Supported by: Bohtan; Principality of Bitlis; Emirate of Hasankeyf; Kingdom of Imereti (1517); Pro-Ottoman Kurds;	Safavid Iran; Supported by: Mamluk Sultanate; Pro-Safavid Kurds; Qizilbashs;
Commanders and leaders
Beyazid II #; Selim I; Commanders Mustafa Pasha; Şehzade Korkut ; Serasker Hasan Bey †; Murad Pasha †; Hadım Ali Pasha †; Karagöz Ahmet Pasha ; Haydar Pasha †; Kâtip Ali Pasha †; Cündî Kemal Bey †; Haydar Bey †; Şehzade Murad ; Hadım Sinan Pasha; Yularkıstı Sinan Pasha †; Hasan Pasha †; Malkoçoğlu Turali Bey †; Malkoçoğlu Ali Bey †; Malkoçoğlu Bali Bey †; Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha; Yiğit Ahmet; Cemşid Bey; Idris Bitlisi; Pir Hüseyin Bey; Şadi Pasha ; Çerkes Hüseyin Bey †; Karaçinoğlu Ahmet Bey; Mevahib Çelebi; Seyyid Ahmed Bey; Bedir Bey; Mehmed Çelebi †; Deli Husrev Pasha ; Karaçin Ahmed Bey; Halil Eyyubi; Atak Ahmed Beg; Çavuş Ahmed Beg; Mirza Mehmed Beg †; Kızıl Ahmet Beg †;	Ismail I (WIA); Commanders Şahkulu (PKIA); Ibrahim (POW); Teki Baba; Halife Baba; Nur-Ali Khalifa †; Abd al-Baqi Yazdi †; Husayn Beg Shamlu †; Saru Pira Ustajlu †; Mohammad Khan Ustajlu †; Sayyed Sharif al-Din Ali Shirazi †; Karahan Ustajli †; Seyid Sadraddin †; Ece Sultan Qajar; Malik Halil Eyyubi (POW); Tajlu Khanum (POW) ; Aykutoğlu Muhammed Bey; Çuka Khan †; Hüseyin Beg; Kangırıl Sultan; Saru Beg †; Yegan Beg †; Velihan Beg †; Durmuş Beg; Ustajli Süleyman Bey †; Ahmed Bey Afshar; Mehmed Bey (POW); Şeref Bey (POW); Davud Bey (POW);
Casualties and losses
Heavy 50,000 killed in Anatolia (including civilians);	Heavy 40,000–200,000 Qizilbashs massacred (including civilians, exaggerated);

The Ottoman–Persian wars (1505–1517) were a series of military conflicts fought between the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid dynasty of Iran during the reign of Sultan Bayezid II and his son Selim I. Sparked by sectarian and territorial rivalries, the wars culminated in major Ottoman victories, including the pivotal Battle of Chaldiran (1514) and the subsequent conquest of Eastern Anatolia and northern Mesopotamia. These campaigns marked the beginning of a long-standing Ottoman–Persian rivalry that would last until 1918