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Of the lands of today's Iran, only Tabriz and its region in the north-west came under Ottoman rule at intervals during the wars with the Safavids.
After the city had been taken several times for short periods, Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha captured Tabriz in 1585; the Ottomans held it until 1603, when Shah Abbas I took it back. In the troubled years of the early 18th century Tabriz again came briefly under Ottoman rule.
After Chaldiran Selim I entered the Safavid capital on 6 September 1514 but did not keep it.
On Süleyman's campaign of the Two Iraqs the Ottomans entered the city again on 6 August 1534.
Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha took the city on 25 September 1585 and strengthened it with new walls.
The Ottomans held the city until 21 October 1603, when Shah Abbas retook it.
Murad IV entered the abandoned city and had it destroyed; the 1639 Treaty of Zuhab left it to the Safavids.
Köprülüzade Abdullah Pasha took the city again on 28 July 1725.
Nader Khan Afshar recovered the city.
Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha took the city again on 15 November 1731.
Under the treaty of 1736 the city was left to Iran.
Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, article “TEBRİZ” (in Turkish) and the atlas's city pages. Present-day borders are used.