On July 29, the Ottomans placed their cannons on the hill overlooking the castle and began bombarding the walls.

In order to keep the Ottoman troops morale high, the Sultan personally took care of the wounded and checked their conditions.

[3] The Ottomans kept bombarding the city constantly, and on August 2, the Safavids launched a sortie against the Rumelian soldiers.

The Safavid commander, Emirgûneoğlu Tahmasp Kuli, dispatched his lieutenant, Murad Agha, to negotiate with the grand vizier, Tabanıyassı Mehmed Pasha, who showed him to the Sultan and offered him the castle in exchange for their lives, to which he agreed.

[4] Emirgûneoğlu Tahmasp Kuli joined the Ottomans and became a Sunni Muslim alongside Murad Agha.