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| Tango01 | 24 Nov 2014 10:22 p.m. PST |
"This year is the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Chaldiran that took place on 23 August 1514. The Ottomans led by Selim 1st decisively defeated the Persian Safavids led by Shah Ismail. Selim came to the Ottoman throne by overthrowing his father Bayezid II and winning the subsequent civil war against his brothers. The Persian Safavids were Shia Muslims and encouraged a revolt in Ottoman Anatolia. Selim put down the rebellion with great force and advanced on Persia. The Safavids were also being invaded by the Uzbeks in the east, so they retreated in the face of the Ottoman army. The Ottomans caught them at Chaldiran in modern day northwestern Iran…"
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