Peace of Amasya

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The Peace of Amasya was a 1555 treaty between the Ottoman Empire and Safavid Persia that ended decades of conflict and established a long-lasting territorial and political settlement between the two powers.

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Peace of Amasya canonical 1
Treaty of Amasya 1
Treaty of Amasya (1555) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty
peace treaty
appliesToTerritorialEntity Caucasus region
Eastern Anatolia
Mesopotamia
borderDefinedBetween Ottoman Empire
Safavid Empire
category 1555 in law
16th-century treaties
Treaties of Safavid Iran
Treaties of the Ottoman Empire
conflictEnded Ottoman–Safavid conflict
surface form: Ottoman–Safavid War (1532–1555)
countryOfOrigin Ottoman Empire
Safavid Empire
dateSigned 1555
diplomaticStatus peace agreement
followedConflict Ottoman–Safavid rivalry
hasLanguage Ottoman Turkish
Persian
historicalPeriod 16th century
longTermEffect stabilization of Ottoman–Safavid frontier
temporary reduction of large-scale warfare between the two empires
namedAfter Amasya
partOf Ottoman–Safavid conflict
surface form: Ottoman–Safavid relations
providedFor religious concessions for Shia pilgrims in Ottoman territories
safe passage for Persian pilgrims to Shia holy sites under Ottoman rule
result end of decades of Ottoman–Safavid conflict
establishment of a long-term territorial settlement
establishment of a political settlement between the Ottoman Empire and Safavid Persia
signatory Ottoman Empire
Safavid Empire
Safavid Empire
surface form: Safavid Persia
signedIn Amasya
territorialArrangement division of the Caucasus between the Ottoman Empire and Safavid Persia
recognition of Ottoman control over eastern Anatolia
recognition of Ottoman control over most of Iraq
recognition of Safavid control over most of Iran

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Shah Tahmasp I signedTreaty Peace of Amasya
Ottoman territorial expansion hasKeyEvent Peace of Amasya
this entity surface form: Treaty of Amasya (1555)
Ottoman–Safavid conflict keyTreaty Peace of Amasya
this entity surface form: Treaty of Amasya