 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1603, Abbas I akadzorera Tabriz neNakhchivan kubva kumaOttomans, nzvimbo idzo Safavids dzakamanikidzwa kusiya muna 1590. Mugore rimwe chetero, vaOttoman vakanga vachitorwisana pamativi maviri - muHungary vachirwa nevaHabsburguye muAnatolia vachirwisa vaJelalis. Abbas I akatanga kutora Erivan gore rakatevera racho, muna June 1604. Mumwedzi mumwe chetewo, maOttoman akatumira Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha panotevera, Sinan Pasha kubva kuConstantinople, Istanbul, akananga kuErzurum nenhamba huru yevaJanissaries kunorwa naAbbas nevarume vake. Panenge panguva yokufamba kwaSinan Pasha, Abbas I akanga asvika kuKars, pamuganhu weGeorgia. Akarayira kuparadzwa kwemaruwa pakati peKars neErzurum, achishandisa nzira dzakafanana dzevhu rakatsva dzaishandiswa nasekuru vake Tahmasp I 1524-1576 kurwisa maOttoman. Apo Abbas akaziva kuti Sinan Pasha akanga asina chinangwa chokupedza nguva yechando munharaunda yacho asati aenderera mberi nekurwisa munguva yechirimo uye saka akanga achienda zvakananga kuKars, akarayira kubviswa kwevanhu vose pakarepo vevanhu vose, vazhinji vavo maArmenian maKristu, pamusoro penzvimbo huru kuchamhembe kweRwizi rweAras, uye vachibata maguta matatu eErivan, Nakhichivan uye Old Julfa. 