Question

The faction of Islam controlled the Ottoman Empire and the faction controlled the Safavid Dynasty.

Answer 1

Suleyman the Magnificient is who expanded the ottoman empire into the Middle East. He also moves further into Europe and besieged Vienna in 1529. Develops Navy and drives Ottoman Empire at the peak of its power.

Safavid Dynasty was originally a Turkic nomadic group; family originated in Surfi mystic group; espoused Shi’ism; conquered territory and established kingdom.

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Answer 2

The Safavid Ottoman war occurred in 1532-1555 and was caused by the territorial dispute of the Ottoman Emperor Suleyman the Magnificent and the Persian Safavid Empire during the reign of Tahmasp I who ordered to kill the governor of Baghdad that was a sympathizer of Soliman.


The attacks were made in three campaigns:

1. Campaign of the Two Iraqs 1532-1534 where the Ottomans successfully attacked the Safavid Iraq.2. Campaign from 1548 to 1549 where an alliance between King Franco and Soliman I was made to conquer Armenia.
3. Campaign 1553-1555, in this campaign against the Shah he lost and recovered Erzum, and kept Baghdad and Lower Mesopotamia.