موقعة جالديران ودخول تبريز

al-Sallabi's book on the Ottoman state says that Sultan Selim I realised that the plan of Shah Ismail of the Safavids was to delay until winter came, so he hastened to set the conflict in motion. ¹

Selim reached the plain of Chaldiran in August 1514 CE, and occupied the important positions and the high ground. He inflicted a great defeat on the Safavid army, and Ismail fled. Selim entered Tabriz, the capital of the Safavids. ¹

Selim returned after taking Kurdistan, Diyarbakir and Marash. Anatolia became safe from the east, and the roads to Azerbaijan and the Caucasus were opened. ¹