Ottoman–Safavid conflict

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military conflict series of wars

The Ottoman–Safavid conflict was a protracted series of wars between the Sunni Ottoman Empire and the Shia Safavid Empire that shaped the political and religious landscape of the Middle East in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590)	4
Ottoman–Safavid conflicts	4
Ottoman–Safavid War (1532–1555)	2
Ottoman–Safavid Wars	2
Ottoman–Safavid relations	2
Safavid–Ottoman conflicts	2
Ottoman–Persian Wars	1
Ottoman–Persian conflicts	1
Ottoman–Safavid War (1514)	1
Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–1612)	1
Ottoman–Safavid War (1615–1618)	1
Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–1639)	1
Ottoman–Safavid conflict canonical	1
Ottoman–Safavid conflicts (as Ottoman vassal support)	1
Ottoman–Safavid wars	1
Safavid–Ottoman frontier	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military conflict ⓘ series of wars ⓘ
cause	competition for control of trade routes ⓘ sectarian rivalry between Sunni and Shia Islam ⓘ territorial disputes over Mesopotamia ⓘ
conflictBetween	Ottoman Empire ⓘ Safavid Empire ⓘ
endCentury	17th century ⓘ
hasReligiousDimension	Islamic civil wars ⓘ surface form: Sunni–Shia conflict
historicalPeriod	Early Modern period ⓘ surface form: Early modern period
keyBattle	Battle of Chaldiran ⓘ
keyBattleDate	1514 ⓘ
keyTreaty	Peace of Amasya ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Amasya Treaty of Zuhab ⓘ
keyTreatyDate	1555 ⓘ 1639 ⓘ
longTermEffect	entrenchment of Sunni dominance in the Ottoman domains ⓘ entrenchment of Twelver Shia Islam in Iran ⓘ stabilization of the Ottoman–Iranian border ⓘ
majorTheater	Caucasus ⓘ eastern Turkey ⓘ surface form: Eastern Anatolia Mesopotamia ⓘ western Iran ⓘ surface form: Western Iran
notableOttomanRuler	Selim I ⓘ Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
notableSafavidRuler	Abbas I ⓘ surface form: Abbas I of Persia Ismail I ⓘ Shah Tahmasp I ⓘ surface form: Tahmasp I
notableWar	Battle of Chaldiran ⓘ surface form: Ottoman–Safavid War (1514–1515) Ottoman–Safavid conflict self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ottoman–Safavid War (1532–1555) Ottoman–Safavid conflict self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590) Ottoman–Safavid conflict self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–1612) Ottoman–Safavid conflict self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ottoman–Safavid War (1615–1618) Ottoman–Safavid conflict self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–1639)
partOf	history of Iran ⓘ history of Shia Islam ⓘ history of Sunni Islam ⓘ history of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
region	Middle East ⓘ
relatedConflict	Ottoman–Safavid conflict self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ottoman–Persian Wars
religiousSide	Shia Islam ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ
result	Ottoman territorial gains in Mesopotamia ⓘ consolidation of Ottoman control over Baghdad ⓘ long-term partition of the Caucasus and Mesopotamia ⓘ
shaped	political landscape of the Middle East ⓘ religious landscape of the Middle East ⓘ
startCentury	16th century ⓘ

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Instruction

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Input

Subject: Ottoman–Safavid conflict
Description of subject: The Ottoman–Safavid conflict was a protracted series of wars between the Sunni Ottoman Empire and the Shia Safavid Empire that shaped the political and religious landscape of the Middle East in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Selim I → conflict → Ottoman–Safavid conflict ⓘ

Safavid Empire → conflict → Ottoman–Safavid conflict ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman–Safavid Wars

Shah Tahmasp I → conflict → Ottoman–Safavid conflict ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman–Safavid Wars

Sultan Mehmed III → conflict → Ottoman–Safavid conflict ⓘ

subject surface form: Mehmed III

this entity surface form: Ottoman–Safavid conflicts