Abstract
In 1547, Shah Tahmasb's brother Elkâs Mirza took shelter in Kanuni Süleyman and asked the Ottoman Army to make an expedition to Iran. On the other hand, Shah Tahmasb considered Eastern Anatolia as Safavid lands. He was continuing his Shiite propaganda intensely in Anatolia with his secret "dai-caliphs". In addition, Shah Tahmasb had forcibly bound the Land of the Shirvanshahs, which was under the Ottoman Empire, and occupied a part of Georgia. Kânunî wanted to show that Eastern Anatolia was the inseparable land of the Ottoman Country, to cut off the Shiite propaganda made to Anatolia, to restore the independence of the Shirvanshahs, and to place Elkâs Mirza on the Iranian throne, with such goals as He made an expedition. This expedition, known as the Second Iran Expedition in Turkish history, was called in Tabriz Campaign. During this expedition, Shah Tahmasb applied his cunning policy once again and preferred to escape, despite the letters of Kanuni Suleiman inviting him to all kinds of wars. Shah Tahmasb was never able to confront the Ottoman forces with his army. Kânunî followed Shah Tahmasb from end to end with the Ottoman Army and could not catch him. Shah Tahmasb, on the other hand, fled to Kazvin, Hamadan and Khorasan with his forces.