Atlas of Battles

commander, 18 engagements

Battles of Selim I

Battles of Selim I

9th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520, 1470 to 1520

Selim I is recorded as a commander at 18 placed engagements in the atlas between 1505 and 1517: 11 battles, 3 sieges and 4 campaigns across 8 present-day countries, most in Turkey (7), Syria (3), Iran (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 10,148 km apart end to end, 597 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Ottoman–Persian wars (6), Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1516–17 (6), Euphrates-Tigris Expedition (2).

Trabzon campaignBattle of ErzincanGeorgian campaignTrabzon campaignBattle of YenişehirCapture of TabrizSiege of BayburtEuphrates-Tigris ExpeditionBattle of TurnadağSiege of HarputCapture of AleppoCapture of DamascusSiege of MosulBattle of ChaldiranBattle of Marj DabiqBattle of Yaunis KhanCapture of CairoBattle of RidaniyaBattle of ChaldiranBattle of Marj DabiqBattle of Yaunis KhanCapture of CairoBattle of RidaniyaTehranBaghdadAthensAlexandriaAnkaraTel AvivDamascusKuwait CityBakuBeirut1000 km34.500N, 37.648E
18 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1505: 1 engagements1507: 1 engagements1508: 1 engagements1510: 1 engagements1513: 1 engagements1514: 3 engagements1515: 2 engagements1516: 5 engagements5 in 15161517: 3 engagements15051517
18 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Trabzon campaign, 1505Battle of Erzincan, 1507Georgian campaign, 1508Trabzon campaign, 1510Battle of Yenişehir, 1513Capture of Tabriz, 1514Battle of Chaldiran, 1514Siege of Bayburt, 1514Euphrates-Tigris Expedition, 1515Battle of Turnadağ, 1515Siege of Harput, 1516Battle of Marj Dabiq, 1516Capture of Aleppo, 1516Capture of Damascus, 1516Battle of Yaunis Khan, 1516Capture of Cairo, 1517Battle of Ridaniya, 1517Siege of Mosul, 151715051517
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 5

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1505Trabzon campaignTrebizond eyalet, TurkeyOttoman victory
1507Battle of ErzincanErzincan, Turkey141 km SOttoman victory
1508Georgian campaignGeorgia454 km NEOttoman victory
1510Trabzon campaignTrebizond eyalet, Turkey372 km WOttoman victory
1513Battle of YenişehirYenişehir, Turkey854 km WVictory for Selim I; Execution of Şehzade Ahmed; End of the...
1514Capture of TabrizTabriz, Iran1,453 km EOttoman victory
23 August 1514Battle of ChaldiranChaldoran, Iran205 km NWOttoman victory
1514Siege of BayburtBayburt, Turkey374 km WOttoman victory
1515Euphrates-Tigris ExpeditionMiddle East, Saudi Arabia1,431 km SOttoman victory
1515Battle of TurnadağNurhak district, Turkey1,312 km NWOttoman victory; Annexation of the Beylik of Dulkadir
1516Siege of HarputKharpoot, Turkey177 km NEOttoman victory
24 August 1516Battle of Marj DabiqDabiq, Syria296 km SWOttoman victory
1516Capture of AleppoAleppo, Syria40 km SOttoman victory
1516Capture of DamascusDamascus, Syria309 km SOttoman victory
28 October 1516Battle of Yaunis KhanKhan Yunis, Israel293 km SWOttoman victory
27 January 1517Capture of CairoCairo, Egypt342 km SWOttoman victory; Cairo captured by the Ottomans; Egypt...
1517Battle of RidaniyaEgypt404 km SWOttoman Empire; Collapse of the Mamluk Sultanate
1517Siege of MosulMosul, Iraq1,690 km NEOttoman victory

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, 16th century artist, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.