Selim I the Grim23 August 1515
Selim I crushes Shah Ismail Is force of 50,000 at Chaldiran. Defeats the Persians in Chaldiran, 1st step in a dramatic rise in Turkish power
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Selim I crushes Shah Ismail Is force of 50,000 at Chaldiran. Defeats the Persians in Chaldiran, 1st step in a dramatic rise in Turkish power
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