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When did Muş become Ottoman?

Today: Turkey

408years under Ottoman rule

Muş came under Ottoman rule in 1514; it remained an Ottoman city until the end of the empire.

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1514–until 1922 · 408 years

Chronology

  1. 1514
    Became Ottoman

    The town passed firmly to the Ottomans after the victory at Chaldiran.

    Sultan: Selim I
  2. 1548
    Note

    As Süleyman returned from his second Persian campaign, Shah Tahmasp raided the Muş area.

    Sultan: Suleiman I
  3. 1916
    Note

    In the First World War the Russian occupation of 18 February 1916 was brief and the town was freed on 26 July; a second occupation ended for good on 1 May 1917.

    Sultan: Mehmed V

How the total is counted: years of actual Ottoman rule are added up. Temporary occupations shorter than a year (that were reversed) are not subtracted; they appear as notes in the chronology.

In the atlas

On the atlas map the city lies in the region “Diyarbakır–Van–Urfa”. Map colours work at region level, so the city's own dates may differ from the region's by a few years.

Open the map in 1514

Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, “MUŞ” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.