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As a result of the blockade, there was a severe famine as the people of Tabriz were forced to eat the leaves of desert trees and grass, and many of the residents of Tabriz starved to death. [3] However, the constitutionalists resisted for eleven months and tried to break the siege several times.
The siege of Tabriz (Persian: فتح تبریز) was a military conflict during the Ottoman–Safavid war of 1603–1612. As a result of a successful Persian siege initiated by Shah Abbas the Great , Tabriz was returned to the Safavids after 18 years of Ottoman rule.
Siege of Tabriz or capture of Tabriz may refer to: Siege of Tabriz (1501) Siege of Tabriz (1585) Siege of Tabriz (1585–1586) Safavid capture of Tabriz (1603) Capture of Tabriz (1635) Siege of Tabriz (1908–1909) Russian occupation of Tabriz (1909–1918) Tabriz during World War I, briefly captured by the Ottomans in 1915
The siege of Tabriz (Persian: محاصره تبریز) took place in 1501 just after the Safavids had defeated the Aq Qoyunlu in the Battle of Sharur. In the preceding battle the Safavids were able to defeat the Aq Qoyunlus that had an army which was 4 times bigger than the Safavid army. [ 1 ]
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The Ottomans occupied Tabriz without encountering resistance, and Murad IV ordered the destruction of the city. Turkish historians described how Ottoman soldiers demolished tall buildings and grand palaces, dismantling and carrying away window frames made by skilled craftsmen, many of which were adorned with sky-blue or azure colors.
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Howard Conklin Baskerville (10 April 1885 – 19 April 1909) was an American missionary teacher. [1] His life ambition was to become a pastor. He worked as a teacher employed by the American missionaries at the American Memorial School in Tabriz, a Presbyterian mission school, and was killed during the Persian constitutional revolution in an attempt to break the siege of Tabriz. [2]