The Ottoman–Safavid war of 1603–1612 consisted of two wars between Safavid Iran under Shah Abbas I and the Ottoman Empire under Mehmed III and his son Ahmed I. The first war began in 1603 and ended wi
Drawing of the capture of Tabriz and the parading before Shah Abbas I of the severed heads of Ottoman soldiers. Drawn by a European traveller, 1603.
View of Tbilisi as per French traveller Jean Chardin, 17th century
"Abbas King of Persia", as seen by Thomas Herbert in 1627
Ahmed I
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Ahmed I was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603 to 1617. Ahmed's reign is noteworthy for marking the first breach in the Ottoman tradition of royal fratricide; henceforth, Ottoman rulers would
Ottoman–Safavid war (1603–1612)
…The Ottoman–Safavid war of 1603–1612 consisted of two wars between Safavid Iran under Shah Abbas I and the Ottoman Empire under Mehmed III and his son Ahmed I. The first war began in 1603 and ended with a Safavid victory in 1612, when they regained and reestablished their suzerainty over the Caucasus and…
Contemporary Ottoman portrait of Sultan Ahmed I. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Four-tiered crown built during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, depicted with Ahmed I
Sultan Ahmed I as a young prince. 17th century
Arrival of Ahmed I at Edirne. Nadiri's Diwan, ca. 1605. Topkapi Palace Museum Library, H.889