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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
File:Flag of Ottoman Empire (Square).svg Ottoman Empire
File:Bohtan Flag.jpg Bohtan Emirate
Bitlis Emirate
Hasankeyf Emirate
File:Safavid Flag.svg Safavid Empire
File:Mameluke Flag.svg Mamluks
Commanders and leaders

File:Flag of Ottoman Empire (Square).svg Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha

File:Flag of Ottoman Empire (Square).svg Divane Hüsrev Pasha
File:Flag of Ottoman Empire (Square).svg Şadi Pasha
File:Flag of Ottoman Empire (Square).svg İdris-i Bitlisi
File:Flag of Ottoman Empire (Square).svg|Karaçin Ahmed Bey
File:Flag of Ottoman Empire (Square).svg Çerkez Hüseyin Bey 
File:Flag of Ottoman Empire (Square).svg Pir Hüseyin Bey
File:Flag of Ottoman Empire (Square).svg Halil Ayyubi
File:Flag of Ottoman Empire (Square).svg Atak Ahmed Bey
File:Flag of Ottoman Empire (Square).svg Sason Ali Bey
File:Flag of Ottoman Empire (Square).svg Palu Cemşit Bey
File:Flag of Ottoman Empire (Square).svg Bedir Bey
File:Flag of Ottoman Empire (Square).svg Seyyid Ahmed Bey
File:Safavid Flag.svg Ustaclu Kara Han 
File:Safavid Flag.svg Nur Ali Halife 
File:Safavid Flag.svg Kangırıl Sultan
File:Safavid Flag.svg Çuka Sultan 
File:Safavid Flag.svg Hüseyin Bey
File:Safavid Flag.svg Ustaclu Süleyman Bey 
File:Safavid Flag.svg Velihan Bey 
File:Safavid Flag.svg Yegan Bey 
File:Safavid Flag.svgDurmuş Bey
File:Safavid Flag.svg 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.