Siege of Ganja (1606) 1606
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Year | 1606 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
|---|---|---|
| Era | Early modern (1500–1799) | derived from year |
| Location | Azerbaijan | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Asia | Natural Earth |
| Participants | Ottoman Empire, Safavid Iran | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 40.6827, 46.3605 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The siege of Ganja (Persian: محاصره گنجه) took place in 1606 during the Ottoman–Safavid War of 1603–1618. The Safavids had lost the city to the Ottomans by the Treaty of Constantinople of 1590. Three months after the victorious Battle of Sufiyan (1605), Safavid king (shah) Abbas I of Persia (r. 1588–1629) invested Ganja, and reconquered it after a six-month siege. After Ganja was recaptured, Abbas I and his men proceeded to Tiflis (Tbilisi), retaking control of the city in the same year.
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