Great Shiite invasion

Great Shiite explosion (1500s)
Part of Shia–Sunni relations
Map of Safavid Empire
Date December 1500 - 1520 (about 20 years) Location Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Eastern Anatolia, Transoxiana and Georgia Result Tactical and Strategic Shiite victory • The Shiites were largely successful • Shiite population is growing in the Middle East Only ottomans won agaisnt shias Territorial changes Safavids regain control of Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq
Belligerents
Safavid Empire Timurid Empire	Shirvanshahs Aqqoyunid Sultanate Ottoman Empire Shaybanids Beylik of Dulkadirs Also: Kingdom of Kartli	Mamluk Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Ismail I Qara khan Ustajli † Nur Ali Halife † Emir Bayram khan Velihan Beg † Yegan Beg † Husein Beg † Saru Beg † Durmuş Beg † Ustajli Suleyman †	Farrukh Yasar † Bahram Beg Alvand Mirza Qarachaqay Khan † Eslamish Beg † Guzael Ahmad Bayandur † Çerkez Husein Beg  †	Qansuh al-Ghawri Tuman Bay II
Strength
Total ~100.000-200.000 1501-1509: ~30.000-40.000	Total ~100.000	Unknown

Great Shiite invasion or Great Shiite explosion (Persian: تهاجمات بزرگ شیعیان, Azerbaijani: Böyük Şiə işğalları) Naming of the invasions and massacres initiated by the Kizilbash led by Shah Ismail I.