Battle of Koçhisar

Battle of Koçhisar
Part of the Ottoman–Persian Wars
Artwork of the Battle of Koçhisar at the Hoca Sadeddin Efendi’s book
Date May 1516 Location Kızıltepe, Mardin, Turkey Result Ottoman victory Ottoman armies annexed the Southeastern Anatolia, Northeast Syria and North Iraq
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	Safavid Empire
Commanders and leaders
Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha Hüsrev Pasha Ahmed Bey Idris Bitlisi	Karahan Ustajlu † Velihan Bey † Durmish Khan Shamlu Yegan Bey †
Strength
Total 14-16.000 and unknown artillery 2.000 Janissary 1.000 Palaced cavalry 7.000 Timariot sipahi 4-6.000 Volunteer	Approximately 12.000
Casualties and losses
480	Approximately 10.000

16th century Ottoman miniature depicting the Battle of Koçhisar

The Battle of Koçhisar (Turkish: Koçhisar Muharebesi) took place on May 1516 nearby Kızıltepe and ended with a decisive victory for the Ottoman Empire over the Safavid Empire. It marked the halt of the Safavid expansion to the west. The Koçhisar battle was just the one of 41 years of destructive war, which only ended in 1555 with the Treaty of Amasya. Safavid commander Karahan Ustajlu killed at the battlefield and his most of men slaughtered by the Ottomans.

At Koçhisar, the Ottomans had a musketmans and artillery while the Safavid army did not have artillery nor musketman. Karahan Ustajlu (brother of Safavid Governor of Diyarbakır Mohammad Khan Ustajlu who killed at the Battle of Chaldiran) the commander of the Safavid army, was killed during the battle. After this defeat; Mardin, Urfa, Hasankeyf, Raqqa, Mosul and more important city besieged and captured by the Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha’s army.

References

Sources

• Hoca Sadeddin Efendi. (1585). Tâcü’t-Tevârîh - IV. İstanbul ISBN 9751710979
• Göyünç, N. (1969). XVI’ncı Yüzyılda Mardin Sancağı. İstanbul: İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi. ISBN 9789751604026
• T.C. Genelkurmay Başkanlığı. (1990). Yavuz Sultan Selim ve Mısır Seferi. Ankara: Genelkurmay Basımevi.
• https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/biyikli-mehmed-pasa