He died during a planned siege of Rhodes, but some years earlier had received the keys to the city of Mecca after marching to Tabriz and defeating the Mamluk armies at Marj Dabiq.
He died during a planned siege of Rhodes, but some years earlier had received the keys to the city of Mecca after marching to Tabriz and defeating the Mamluk armies at Marj Dabiq. Earlier he had annexed Dulkadir and subdued the "redhead," or Kizilbash, tribes who supported his brother Ahmed. He won a great victory at a battle near Lake Van against Shah Ismail I, the founder of the Safavid Dynasty, whose Shiite religion posed a threat to his own hegemony in the region. That victory at Chaldiran in 1514 assured this son of Bayezid II his position as leader of the Muslim world. FTP identify this Ottoman ruler whose son Suleyman would extend his own conquests.
He died during a planned siege of Rhodes, but some years earlier had received the keys to the city of Mecca after marching to Tabriz and defeating the Mamluk armies at Marj Dabiq.
Selim I or Selim the Grim or Yavuz