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When did Yerevan become Ottoman?

Yerevan (Erivan) · Today: Armenia · Middle East and Egypt

32years under Ottoman rule

Yerevan came under Ottoman rule in 1583; Ottoman rule ended in 1735. It changed hands in between; there are 2 separate Ottoman periods. The Revan Pavilion in Istanbul is named after this city.

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1583–1604 · 21 years1724–1735 · 11 years

Chronology

  1. 1583
    Became Ottoman

    The city came under Ottoman control in mid-September 1583.

    Sultan: Murad III
  2. 1604
    Left Ottoman rule

    Shah Abbas took the city.

    Sultan: Ahmed I
  3. 1635
    Note

    Murad IV took the city on 8 August 1635 and built the Revan Pavilion in Topkapı Palace to mark it; the city fell back to the Safavids on 1 April 1636.

    Sultan: Murad IV · Event page →
  4. 1724
    Became Ottoman

    The Ottomans took the city after a three-month siege; the 1727 agreement recognised it.

    Sultan: Ahmed III
  5. 1735
    Left Ottoman rule

    After winning at Arpaçay in June 1735, Nader Shah took the city.

    Sultan: Mahmud I

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 “Azerbaijan–Shirvan–Yerevan”. 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 1583

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