battle, early modern

Battle of Sharur

Name: Battle of Sharur
Location: Sharur, Azerbaijan

Battle of Sharur was a battle fought in 1501 at Sharur, in what is now Azerbaijan. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Sharur. It was part of the Safavid–Aq Qoyunlu wars, which ran from 1456 to 1503. The recorded result: Safavid victory. Recorded strength: About 7,000 against Reportedly more than four times Ismail's force.

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Fought1501

WhereSharur, Azerbaijan39.551N, 44.992E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSafavid victory

BelligerentsSafavid orderagainstAq Qoyunlu

Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown; a later Safavid account claimed up to 18,000 killed

Part ofSafavid–Aq Qoyunlu wars1456 to 1503

Where it sits in the Safavid–Aq Qoyunlu wars

4 placed engagements of the Safavid–Aq Qoyunlu wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1501 (year precision)
Place	Sharur, Azerbaijan 39.551N, 44.992E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Territorial change	Safavid advance to Tabriz and establishment of Safavid rule in Azerbaijan
Strength	About 7,000	Reportedly more than four times Ismail's force
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Unknown; a later Safavid account claimed up to 18,000 killed
Commanders	Ismail I	Alvand Beg

Placed at Sharur; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Avarayr AD 451, 24 km S
Battle of Nakhchivan 1919, 52 km SE
Siege of Abbasabad 1827, 56 km SE
Battle of Artaxata 68 BC, 59 km NW
Caucasus campaign 1914, 62 km W

In the same war

Before: Siege of Tabriz 1501
After: Battle of Hamadan 21 June 1503
All 4 engagements of Safavid–Aq Qoyunlu wars

Elsewhere in 1501

Ottoman raid on the Balearic Islands Spain
Battle of the Siritsa River Russia
First Battle of Cannanore India
Battle of Mstislavl Belarus
Siege of Samarkand Uzbekistan

Battle of Sharur is one of 1,470 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 66 in present-day Azerbaijan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q12849799, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Sharur, revision 1371338758, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.