Battle of Chaldiran 1514

Ottoman Sultan Selim I uses artillery to crush the Safavid army, fixing the shape of the Ottoman–Persian frontier.

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Key facts

Date	1514
Type	Battle
Location	39.08° N, 44.18° E
Nearest city on the map	Tabriz (about 214 km)
Territory of (map of 1500)	Emirate of the White Sheep Turks

Rulers in 1514

Realm	Ruler	Reign
Franks / HRE / Germany	Maximilian I	1493–1519
France	Louis XII	1498–1515
England / UK	Henry VIII	1509–1547
Spain	The Catholic Monarchs	1479–1516
Rus' / Russia	Vasily III	1505–1533
Ottomans / Turkey	Selim I	1512–1520

The world around 1514

Year	Event	Where
1517	Luther's Ninety-five Theses	Wittenberg

Other battles and sites nearby

Battle of Gaugamela · 331 BC
Battle of Manzikert · 1071

Who was alive at the time

Lived	Person
1494 – 1566	Suleiman the Magnificent	Ottoman sultan
1483 – 1530	Babur	Founder of the Mughal Empire
1473 – 1543	Nicolaus Copernicus	Astronomer