Atlas of Battles

commander, 12 engagements

Battles of Abbas the Great

Battles of Abbas the Great

Shah of Safavid Iran (1587–1629), 1571 to 1629

Abbas the Great is recorded as a commander at 12 placed engagements in the atlas between 1598 and 1636: 5 battles and 7 sieges across 5 present-day countries, most in Afghanistan (3), Iran (3), Iraq (3). Taken in date order, the sites lie 11,169 km apart end to end, 1,015 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Ottoman–Safavid War (4), Ottoman–Safavid War (3), Mughal–Persian Wars (1).

Battle of UrmiaSiege of GanjaSiege of ShamakhiSiege of KandaharSafavid invasions of BasraSiege of BaghdadSiege of YerevanBattle of HeratSafavid capture of TabrizSiege of KandaharBattle of DimDimCapture of Baghdad (1624)Battle of HeratSafavid capture of TabrizSiege of KandaharBattle of DimDimCapture of Baghdad (1624)TehranMashhadKuwait CityBakuIsfahanShirazYerevanTbilisiAshgabatSamarkand500 km35.599N, 55.069E
12 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1598: 1 engagements1603: 1 engagements1605: 2 engagements2 in 16051606: 1 engagements1607: 1 engagements1609: 1 engagements1622: 1 engagements1624: 2 engagements2 in 16241625: 1 engagements1636: 1 engagements15981636
12 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Herat, 1598Safavid capture of Tabriz, 1603Battle of Urmia, 1605Siege of Kandahar, 1605Siege of Ganja, 1606Siege of Shamakhi, 1607Battle of DimDim, 1609Siege of Kandahar, 1622Safavid invasions of Basra, 1624Capture of Baghdad (1624), 1624Siege of Baghdad, 1625Siege of Yerevan, 163615981636
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1598Battle of HeratHerat, AfghanistanSafavid victory
1603Safavid capture of TabrizTabriz, Iran1,484 km WSafavid victory
1605Battle of UrmiaUrmia, Iran123 km SWSafavid victory
November 1605Siege of KandaharKandahar, Afghanistan1,997 km EMughal victory
April 1606Siege of GanjaGanja, Azerbaijan2,002 km NWSafavid victory
9 January 1607Siege of ShamakhiShamakhi, Azerbaijan192 km ESafavid victory
November 1609Battle of DimDimDimdim Castle, Iran471 km SWSafavid victory
20 May 1622Siege of KandaharKandahar, Afghanistan1,983 km ESafavid victory
1624Safavid invasions of BasraBasra, Iraq1,708 km WBasran–Portuguese victory
14 January 1624Capture of Baghdad (1624)Baghdad, Iraq447 km NWSafavid victory
13 November 1625Siege of BaghdadBaghdad, Iraq0 km NSafavid victory
1636Siege of YerevanYerevan, Armenia762 km NOttoman victory (See #Aftermath); Treaty of Zuhab (1639)

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, 1647 artist, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.