Campaign of Trabzon (1505)

The Campaign of Trabzon occurred in the year 1505 when Selim I fought against the Safavids after Shah Ismail's brother led an attack against Trabzon.[1][2]

Campaign of Trabzon
Part of The Ottoman–Persian Wars
Date1505
Location
Trabzon
Result Ottoman victory[1]
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Safavid Iran
Commanders and leaders
Selim I Ebrahim
Strength
Unknown 3,000 men[1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

Shah Ismail’s brother, Ebrahim, set out with an army composed of 3,000 men to pillage Selim’s province.[1] Selim beat back and chased the Safavids as far as Erzincan, he massacred many of them and seized their arms and munitions.[1] Selim then sent a separate force to raid the western territories of the Safavids.[1] After the battle of 1505 Shah Ismail sent an envoy to Bayezid II complaining about Selim’s over aggressive raids and demanding the return of his captured soldiers’ weapons.[1] Bayezid II did not return the weapons but he did send the envoy back with gifts and promises of friendship.[1] Selim fought against the Safavids again in 1507 and in 1510 both times defeating the Safavid forces.[3][4]

References
  1. God's Shadow: The Ottoman Sultan Who Shaped the Modern World. By Alan Mikhail.
  2. Ottoman-Safavid Relations under Bayezid II (1501-1512), 2020. F. Papadimitriou.
  3. Osman's Dream. Caroline Finkel. Hachette UK
  4. The Last Muslim Conquest: The Ottoman Empire and Its Wars in Europe. Gábor Ágoston. Princeton University Press.
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