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Eurphrates-Tigris Expedition

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Eurphrates-Tigris Expedition
Part of Ottoman-Persian clashes (1502-1520)
DateSpring 1514 - 1517
Location
Result Kurdish-Ottoman victory
Territorial
changes
Ottoman conquest of Eastern Anatolia, Egypt, Hejaz and Northern Iraq
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire
Bohtan Emirate
Bitlis Emirate
Hasankeyf Emirate
Safavid Empire
Mamluks
Commanders and leaders

Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha

Divane Hüsrev Pasha
Şadi Pasha
İdris-i Bitlisi
|Karaçin Ahmed Bey
Çerkez Hüseyin Bey 
Pir Hüseyin Bey
Halil Ayyubi
Atak Ahmed Bey
Sason Ali Bey
Palu Cemşit Bey
Bedir Bey
Seyyid Ahmed Bey
Ustaclu Kara Han 
Nur Ali Halife 
Kangırıl Sultan
Çuka Sultan 
Hüseyin Bey
Ustaclu Süleyman Bey 
Velihan Bey 
Yegan Bey 
Durmuş Bey
Saru Bey 
Strength
  • Summer 1515 | 5.000-6.000
  • Autumn 1515 | 20.000-25.000
  • Spring 1516 | 30.000-40.000
  • Winter 1517 | 10.000-15.000
  • Summer 1515 | 5.000-6.000
  • Autumn 1515 | 8.000-10.000
  • Spring 1516 | 20.000-25.000
  • Winter 1517 | 3.000-5.000
  • Casualties and losses

    Total 15.000-20.000

    • 5.000-6.000 against Safavids
    • 10.000-14.000 in Mercidabık

    Total 45.000-85.000

    • Safavid 15.000-25.000
    • Mamluk 30.000-60.000

    Euphrates-Tigris Campaign, military operation carried out in 1514 by the Ottoman Army against the Safavids and the Mamluks in Eastern Anatolia.