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on 21 October 1603. For the first time, the Iranians made great use of their artillery and the town – which had been ruined by Ottoman occupation – soon fell. Local citizens welcomed the Safavid army as liberators and took harsh reprisals against the defeated Ottoman Turks who had been occupying
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on 9 September 1605. This was the first Safavid pitched victory against the Ottomans in their history. In this battle Abbas I utilized his predominantly cavalry force to great advantage, decisively defeating the Ottomans, who suffered some 20,000 dead. Kose Sefer Pasha,
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decided to crush the rebellions first to secure the back of the army against the Safavids. Tens of thousands of Anatolians were killed during Murad Pasha's office in his campaigns (1607–1609) against separate large rebel groups.
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as the commander of the eastern army who marched from Istanbul 15 June 1604, a very late time for the campaigning season. Until he reached the front on 8 November 1604, the Safavid army had already captured
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claiming he was late to reinforce the Ottoman army which caused a larger unrest. Sinan died in the course of this retreat in December 1605 and Abbas I was able to liberate
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was appointed as the new grand vizier and the commander of the eastern armies. He sued for peace, too, and accepted the proposal of the Safavid side in 1611. The
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decided to attack the Ottomans to recover the large territories lost in the previous war, the Ottomans were engaged heavily in the European front due to the
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With the advantage of peace on the western front the Ottoman Empire gave its priority to the eastern front. The army under the command of Grand Vizier
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Thus, the Safavid attack on 26 September 1603 caught the Ottomans unprepared and forced them to fight in two distant fronts. Abbas I first recaptured
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of Erzurum, acted independently and was captured by Safavid forces. Cağaloğlu had to withdraw to the fortress of Van and thence in the direction of
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their city. Many unfortunate Turks fell into the hands of Tabriz's citizens and were decapitated. The Safavids entered
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at the same month soon after the city was evacuated by the Ottomans. The Safavid army then laid siege to
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The absence of an effective Ottoman army created a power vacuum in the Empire's eastern fronts. Thus,
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appointed Lala Mehmed Pasha as the commander of the eastern front who died suddenly on 25 June 1606.
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had recently undertaken a major reform of the Safavid army through the English gentleman of fortune
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started in 1593. Furthermore, the Ottomans were troubled in Eastern Anatolia because of the
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Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World, A Historical Encyclopedia, volume 1, page 699.
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The Ottomans focused on the western front and the successful campaign of 1605 against the
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was signed on 20 November 1612. The agreement secured the 1555 borders envisaged by the
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until the end of the winter. However, the Safavid advance forced him to march towards
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His campaign of 1605 was unsuccessful, the forces he led towards Tabriz suffering
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had gained swaths of the Safavid territories in the northwest and west, including
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of the severed heads of Ottoman soldiers. Drawn by a European traveller, 1603.
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When the order was restored, Murad Pasha marched against Abbas I who was in
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The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 5: The Timurid and Safavid periods
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was also in turmoil in the beginning of 1603 as the tension between the
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were only to be eased temporarily with the intervention of the Palace.
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17th century war between the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire
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The Ottomans focus on western and internal fronts (1605–1609)
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Parizi, Mohammad-Ebrahim Bastani (2000). "GANJ-ʿALĪ KHAN".
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Shah Abbas: The Ruthless King Who became an Iranian Legend
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died on 20 December 1603 at the age of 37. The new sultan
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Persia in Crisis: Safavid Decline and the Fall of Isfahan
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The renewed Ottoman counter-attack and peace (1610–1612)
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and his son Mehmed overthrew the Ottoman authority in
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rebellion (1598–1602) being the most destructive one.
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Safavids regain control over the territories ceded in
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Daghestan
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