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Treaty of Zuhab

Ottoman–Safavid treaty (1639)

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Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 20, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

The Treaty of Zuhab, also called Treaty of Qasr-e Shirin, signed on 17 May 1639 at Qasr-e Shirin in western Iran, ended the Ottoman–Safavid War of 1623–1639. It strove to clarify territorial divisions and borders between the Safavid and Ottoman Empires, serving as an important document for future agreements.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Treaty of Zuhab” is ottoman–Safavid treaty (1639). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Treaty, Zuhab and Ottoman, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1639, 1623—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Treaty, Zuhab and Ottoman is the immediate research focus.
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The phrase “ottoman–Safavid treaty (1639)” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 20, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1639 and 1623.

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This entry incorporates text from “Treaty of Zuhab” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.