Siege of Van (1548)

Siege of Van
	Part of the Ottoman–Safavid War (1532–1555) within; Ottoman–Persian Wars
	; The walled city of Van
Date	25 August 1548
Location	Van, Safavid Empire
Result	Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Safavid Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
	Suleiman I

The Siege of Van occurred in 1548 when Suleiman the Magnificent attacked Persia in his second campaign of the Ottoman-Safavid War (1532–1555). The city of Van was surrounded, put under siege and bombarded. On this campaign, Suleiman was accompanied by the French ambassador Gabriel de Luetz.^[2] Gabriel de Luetz was able to give decisive military advice to Suleiman, as when he advised on artillery placement during the siege.^[2]

Notes[]

↑ Eren, Güler; Çiçek, Kemal; İnalcık, Halil; Oğuz, Cem (1999). Osmanlı. Yeni Türkiye Yayınları. pp. 19. ISBN 9756782048. http://books.google.com.tr/books?id=56VpAAAAMAAJ&q=van'%C4%B1n+fethi+1548&dq=van'%C4%B1n+fethi+1548&hl=tr&sa=X&ei=ICKkT9SMEYHQ-gbJlsGiCA&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAg.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 The Cambridge history of Iran by William Bayne Fisher p.384ff

All or a portion of this article consists of text from Wikipedia, and is therefore Creative Commons Licensed under GFDL.
The original article can be found at Siege of Van (1548) and the edit history here.

[1] Eren, Güler; Çiçek, Kemal; İnalcık, Halil; Oğuz, Cem (1999). Osmanlı. Yeni Türkiye Yayınları. pp. 19. ISBN 9756782048. http://books.google.com.tr/books?id=56VpAAAAMAAJ&q=van'%C4%B1n+fethi+1548&dq=van'%C4%B1n+fethi+1548&hl=tr&sa=X&ei=ICKkT9SMEYHQ-gbJlsGiCA&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAg.

[Fisher-2] 2.0 ^2.1 The Cambridge history of Iran by William Bayne Fisher p.384ff

[1]

[2]