siege, early modern

Siege of Kars

Name: Siege of Kars
Location: Kars, Turkey

Siege of Kars was a siege conducted in 1744 at Kars, in what is now Turkey. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Kars. It was part of the Ottoman–Persian War of 1743–46, which ran from 1743 to 1746. The recorded result: Ottoman victory.

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Fought1744

WhereKars, Turkey40.608N, 43.096E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeOttoman victory

BelligerentsOttoman EmpireagainstPersian Empire

Part ofOttoman–Persian War of 1743–461743 to 1746

Record

Date	1744 (year precision) to 1744
Place	Kars, Turkey 40.608N, 43.096E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Commanders	Nişancı Ahmed Pasha	Nader Shah

Placed at Kars; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Kars 1920, same recorded site
Siege of Kars 1855, 0.3 km W
Siege of Kars 1828, 0.3 km W
Battle of Kızıl Tepe 1877, 1.0 km N
Battle of Kars 1877, 3.2 km SE

In the same war

Before: Siege of Mosul 13 September 1743

Elsewhere in 1744

Siege of Kars is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 622 in present-day Turkey.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q119167840, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Kars (1744), revision 1385262669, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.