Battle of Koçhisar
Part ofOttoman–Persian War (1505–1517)
Date 1516 Location Mardin,Kızıltepe Result Ottoman victory After Mardin, Urfa was annexed by the Ottomans.[1][2]
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	Safavid Iran
Commanders and leaders
Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha Deli Husrev Pasha Karaçin Ahmed Bey Pir Hüseyin Beg Idris Bitlisi Halil Eyyubi Çavuş Ahmed Beg Atak Ahmed Beg	Karahan Ustaculı †[3][4] Kangırıl Sultan Çuka Sultan † Velihan Beg † Yegan Beg † Hüseyin Beg Saru Beg † Durmuş Beg
Strength
20,000[5]	At least 12,000[6]
Casualties and losses
500[7][8]	10,000[9][10]

TheBattle of Koçhisar took place in May 1516 at the DedeKargın location near Mardin Kızıltepe, betweenOttoman army under the command ofBıyıklı Mehmed Pasha andthe Safavid army under the command ofUstaclu Kara Han.^[11][12]

In the center were 2,000 Janissaries with rifles and Bıyıklı Mehmet Pasha with his artillery. On the right wing were 6,000 Sipahis and Karaman Governor Hüsrev Pasha. On the left wing were 4,000 to 6,000, mostly irregular Kurdish cavalry. The plan was to defend against the Safavid cavalry with firepower, as in the Battle of Chaldıran, and then counterattack with cavalry after the enemy's formation was broken.

Ustaclu Kara Han divided his army into two and took the left wing himself. He gave the Baghdad Governor Kangırıl Sultan to the right wing. Realizing that he would not be able to face the Ottoman artillery and the Janissaries with rifles, Kara Han intended to repel the wing cavalry and take the center in a pincer.

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