Safavid–Uzbek conflicts

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The Safavid–Uzbek conflicts were a series of protracted military struggles between the Persian Safavid Empire and various Uzbek dynasties over control of Khorasan and other strategic regions in Central Asia during the 16th and 17th centuries.

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Label Occurrences
Safavid–Uzbek conflicts canonical 2
Safavid reconquest of Herat 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
affectedCity Herat ⓘ
Mashhad ⓘ
affectedRegion Greater Khorasan ⓘ
linked to: Khorasan

Khwarazm ⓘ
linked to: Khwarezm
conflictBetween Janid dynasty ⓘ
Safavid Empire ⓘ
Shaybanid dynasty ⓘ
Uzbek dynasties ⓘ
endTime late 17th century ⓘ
hasCause control of trade routes in Central Asia ⓘ
religious rivalry between Shia Safavids and Sunni Uzbeks ⓘ
territorial disputes over Khorasan ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early modern period ⓘ
linked to: Early Modern period
impact influenced trade and pilgrimage routes between Iran and Central Asia ⓘ
shaped the northeastern frontiers of the Safavid state ⓘ
involvedRuler Abbas I of Persia ⓘ
linked to: Abbas I

Abdullah Khan II ⓘ
Ismail I ⓘ
Muhammad Shaybani ⓘ
Tahmasp I ⓘ
linked to: Shah Tahmasp I

Ubaydullah Khan ⓘ
involvesReligion Shia Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
Khorasan ⓘ
Transoxiana ⓘ
northeastern Iran ⓘ
mainBelligerent Janid dynasty ⓘ
Safavid Empire ⓘ
Shaybanid dynasty ⓘ
opposedBy Qizilbash forces ⓘ
linked to: Qizilbash cavalry
partOf Persian–Central Asian wars ⓘ
relatedTo Ottoman–Safavid wars ⓘ
Safavid–Mughal relations ⓘ
religiousAspect Sunni–Shia conflict ⓘ
linked to: Islamic civil wars
result Safavid consolidation of Khorasan at various periods ⓘ
decline of Uzbek influence in parts of Khorasan ⓘ
fluctuating frontier between Iran and Central Asia ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Jam (1528) ⓘ
Battle of Merv (1510) ⓘ
Safavid reconquest of Herat ⓘ
Uzbek raids into Khorasan ⓘ
startTime early 16th century ⓘ
usedMilitaryUnit Qizilbash cavalry ⓘ
Uzbek nomadic cavalry ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Janid dynasty → conflict → Safavid–Uzbek conflicts ⓘ
Safavid–Uzbek conflicts → significantEvent → Safavid reconquest of Herat ⓘ
linked to: Safavid–Uzbek conflicts
Battle against Shah Ismail I at Merv → partOf → Safavid–Uzbek conflicts ⓘ