Battle of Sufiyan

Battle of Sufiyan
	Part of the Ottoman–Safavid War of 1603–1618
Date	6 November 1605
Location	Sufiyan, near Tabriz
Result	Safavid victory
Belligerents
Safavid Iran	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Shah Abbas; Allahverdi Khan; Qarachaqay Beg	Cığalazade Yusuf; Köse Sefer Pasha ; Tekkeli Mehmed; Karakaş Pasha; Kaçar Mehmed Pasha
Strength
~ 60,000	~ 100,000 (including large amount of janissaries)
Casualties and losses
Unknown	~20,000 killed

The Battle of Sufiyan^[a] took place on 6 November 1605, during the Ottoman–Safavid War of 1603–1618. The Safavids, under King (Shah) Abbas I (r. 1588–1629), beat a numerically superior, fully-fledged Ottoman army.^[1]^[4] It was one of King Abbas I's greatest military victories.^[5] According to Colin Imber: "For the Ottomans the battle of Sufiyan was a greater disaster than anything they had experienced in Hungary, where the war which had begun in 1593 had revealed Ottoman military deficiencies in the face of new European weapons and tactics."^[6]

^ ^a ^b Blow 2009, p. 81.
^ Blow 2009, pp. 79, 81.
^ Tucker, Spencer. "Middle East Conflicts from Ancient Egypt to the 21st Century." p. 8 (under "Abbas the Great")
^ Imber 2012, p. 92.
^ Blow 2009, p. 173.
^ Imber 2012, p. 98.

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[FOOTNOTEBlow200981-1] Blow 2009, p. 81.

[FOOTNOTEBlow200979,_81-2] Blow 2009, pp. 79, 81.

[3] Tucker, Spencer. "Middle East Conflicts from Ancient Egypt to the 21st Century." p. 8 (under "Abbas the Great")

[FOOTNOTEImber201292-5] Imber 2012, p. 92.

[FOOTNOTEBlow2009173-6] Blow 2009, p. 173.

[FOOTNOTEImber201298-7] Imber 2012, p. 98.

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Battle of Sufiyan

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