Ottoman–Safavid relations

Persian and Ottoman Empire in 1661

The history of Ottoman-Safavid Empire relations started with the establishment of Safavid dynasty in Persia (Iran) in the early 16th century. The initial Ottoman-Safavid conflict culminated in the Battle of Chaldiran in 1514, and was followed by a century of border confrontation. In 1639, Safavid Persia and Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Zuhab which recognized Iraq in Ottoman control, and decisively parted the Caucasus in two between the two empires. For most of it, the Zuhab treaty was a consolidation of the Peace of Amasya of about a century earlier.[1]

Until the 18th century, the struggle between the Safavid Persian version of Shia Islam and the Ottoman Turkish version of Sunni Islam had continued to remain an important dimension of the combative relationships between the two major empires.[2] In the early 18th century, Persian-Ottoman peace negotiations introduced a new concept of inter-Muslim relations whereby sovereign states could co-exist as autonomous parts of the Islamic world community.[3] Although the further relations were guided by the mutual fear of weakness and distrust, it wasn't until 1847 when Qajar Persia and Ottoman Empire reached a substantial peace Treaty of Erzurum, starting a century of peace,[2] after centuries of rivalry.

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  1. ↑ "Armenians: Past and Present in the Making of National Identity". Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 John Calabrese. "Turkey and Iran: Limits of a Stable Relationship", British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 25, No. 1. (May, 1998), p. 76
  3. ↑ Ernest Tucker, "The Peace Negotiations of 1736: A conceptual turning point in Ottoman-Iranian relations", The Turkish Studies Association Bulletin, 20 (Spring 1996), pp. 16-37

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