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Selim's legacy: There is no library, no architecture, No culture, only blood: 1- Rebelling his own father 2- Killing the legal Sultan 3- Killing almost everyone in the family 4- Robbing the throne 5- Opened the grave of Ottoman prince to cut his head 6- Attacking the Turkic beyliks when they needed help most 7- Attacking Muslim caliphate 8-Murdering the legal caliph of Muslis 9-Destorying Muslim Egypt 10 - Plundering Muslim Persia
لولا الامان لكانو العثمانيين كانو اصبحو هراء كان تفوقهم بل البنادق و المدافع بسبب أنتشار العلم العربي و العلم المسلمين اللذينا أتوبهم العرب في الاندلس وبعد سقوط الاندلس أخذو الروم علم العرب و المسلمين وطوروه و العرب عدنا الا الصفر كما كل مره في التاريخ العرب يصعدون ألا القمه وعنما يسقطون يصلون الا الصفر كما قال الباحث عيد اليحيى
Selim not only conquered the Mamluk Sultanate and dismembered the Safavids at Chaldiran but also made Barbarossa the grand admiral of the empire unleashing what would become a nightmare of European ships and coasts
@@ozan7427Selim destroyed his entire career, Ismael turned into a depressive drunkward guy and never touched a sword in the remaining decade of his life. Selim did him "Grim" dirty 🥶
Sultan Selim I was a beast. He became Sultan in his early 40s & reigned for only 8 years but he doubled the empire's territory. Within those 8 years, he had topple his father after a civil war, annihilate the Safavids & ravaged safavid capital, conquer the Mamluk Sultanate and rip off the title caliph, annexed Eastern Anatolia and also filled the ottoman treasury to its full. this was none other than the baddest man of the 16th century, Selim I. In my opinion, He's the best ottoman sultan as his success rate is 100%.
@@mohammadbilal4473 janisarries had Turkic and bektaşi alevi system on their education before Selim made their education to more religious sunni side. While Selim I is a good commander his changes to jannisarry and his decision to go east not west weakened the empire in long term maybe he lived longer he would go west but we cannot know. Not the mention he deturkified east anatolai w the massacres he committed on Turk Shia and Alevi communities. Even today Turkey has problems at east because some villages arent Turkish dominated.
Shah Ismail was even bigger beast he conquered more state and land than Selim and he started form nothing Selim was already born to superpower Empire Shah Ismail created one
@@ozan7427if I remember correctly bektaşi wasn’t Shia bak then. It changed over the centuries. Why would a sunni empire educate their soldiers with shia ideas.
@@mustafademir2116 bektaşi isnt shia. But bektaşis in anatolia are alevis which is different sect of islam similar to shia. Majority of alevis are Türkmens. They did it to raise soldiers with Turkish traditions from my guessing
Historians all agree that the three greatest of the Ottoman sultans were Mehmet the Conqueror , his grandson Selim I , the Grim , and his son Süleyman the Magnificent ; of the three , Selim I was the greatest general , a military genius.
@@mohammadbilal4473 also, he was fluent in languages like Turkish, Serbian, Arabic, Persian, Greek and Latin. He knew astronomy, mathematics, theology. Those cannons that conquered Constantinople were engineered by him, he conquered most of the remaining balkan territories, anatolia and Crimea, transitioned Ottomans from a sultanate to an empire, what else should I say? Or will you tell your mom about me😢
In his letter to Sultan Tuman-Bay of Egypt, Selim wrote that he intended to become the ruler of the East and of the West, like Alexander the Great. Selim's first two years on the throne were spent in the elimination of all members of the Ottoman dynasty who could advance a claim to the throne. Then he entered into peace- negotiations with his European neighbours, and in particular with Hungary, in order to have his hands free in the East.
I definitely would rank Selim I among the greatest ruler in Turkish history his battles were a masterpiece pushing Safavids back and conquering Mamluks in just 8 years Selim might be the one of the biggest “what if”
After watching your video, someone who has no knowledge of the Ottoman army would think that the Ottoman army consisted only of janissaries. Janissaries were a small part of the Ottoman army.
Sultan Selim I. , one of the most brilliant sovereigns of his own or any age , -a general of rare military genius , a statesman of singular understanding and keen foresight , and a poet who has written a number of the finest odes in a language rich in poetry , he has earned , as he deserved , “ the indignant reprobation of mankind .
@@JIJCrowEven the Qing Dynasty that suceeded the Ming copied their gun powder weapons from the Ottomans who had began to decline at that point, no doubt that Ottomans were superior than the Ming in the 16th century. wish there had been a war between them though history already took Timur vs Ming from us
@@nenenindonu Gunpowder was invented in China sometime during the first millennium AD. The earliest possible reference to gunpowder appeared in 142 AD during the Eastern Han dynasty when the alchemist Wei Boyang, also known as the "father of alchemy", wrote about a substance with gunpowder-like properties.
@@nenenindonu If not the betrayal of Beyaz it, from the back, instead of Anatolia, Tamerlane would comfortably conquer China and could unite the isolated China with the rest of Asia, shaping a grand mixture of rich Islamic and ancient Chinese civilizations. There would be no Western colonialism, the west would not be the global center of development!
Selim was born in 1470 in Amasya, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey). His nickname was Yavuz (“The Grim”). Selim successfully fought his brother and their father, Bayezid II, for the throne. After his ascension he had anyone who could potentially claim the throne-including his brothers and nephews-killed.
Thanks for the video, I would like to add, because it didn't cover the real reasons of Ottoman-Safavid conflict, many events were happening: 1- Ismail Shah Safavid wasn't a religious man at all, and at his time, majority of Persia was Sunni, this is a fact, actually during his era Persians were forced to convert to Shia Islam, and his invasion to Baghdad, killing many religious scholars making pyramids of their heads, digging the grave of Imam Abu Hanifa Al Numan, coated his skull with gold and he drank wine with it, and replaced his grave with a dog bones, all this provoked Yavuz Sultan Selim to react, apart from this 2- The Portuguese alliance with Safavids and military supplies was one of the major reasons why Yavuz Sultan Selim had to react quickly, as the Portuguese couldn't defeat Yavuz Sultan Selim or secure any strategic victory in Asia or in the Mediterranean 3- The Mamluks allowed the weapons supply to go through their territories from Portuguese to Safavids, that also made a cause to conquer Palestine, Hijaz and Egypt. 4- Yavuz Sultan Selim is one of the most prestigious Sultans of ottoman and of a significant importance similar to Fatih Sulltan Memhet II: a- Yavuz Sultan Selim released the Abbasid Caliph from captivity in Mamluk sultanate in Egypt, and he was the first Sultan to be granted the title of Caliph, The prince of believers, which was only given to Rashidun caliphs, Umayyads, and Abbasids, which wasn't given to the Mamluks b- He was the first Ottoman Sultan to include Jerusalem, Madina & Mecca the 3 holy sites of Muslims to his realm, and the first who named himself the custodian of the two holy mosques which is a title used until today for Saudi monarchies. c- He ruled a short period but his son The Magnificent Sultan Suleyman or Kanuni Sultan Suleyman, made the Ottoman empire on the peak of its power, all that happened because of what his father Yavuz Sultan Selim has prepared for him, today in US Capitol you have Suleyman the magnificent portrait one of the 21 historical lawgivers who influenced US constitution, this legacy which is acknowledged by all wouldn't be without Yavuz Sultan Selim.
Nice episode, no biased statements, no funny name pronounciations. Sultan Selim's beginning intention was to crush safavids for good to unify the Islamic World out of fitna(discord). No offensive actions against Mamluks first but against safavids for a second wave. But Mamluks feared the safavid crush at Chaldıran so much and also frightened by Ismail himself about if they went down the Mamluks would be the next target. So Kansu Gavri, the Mamluk sultan, gathered his army and marched north to act first thus unintentionally attracted the thunder upon himself resulting in his life and reign demise. May Allah rest Sultan Selim in peace. He was an actual great man
Etre fort comme un Turc" This expression dates from the 15th century. It refers to the period of the Ottoman Empire when the Turks won many conquests by their strength and cruelty, they were merciless. The Turk therefore represented at the time the supreme enemy, the unbeatable.
A special Western way of looking at Islam developed in Europe between the 12th and 14th centuries, which viewed Islam as a form of Christian heresy. When the Ottomans advanced into Europe, their sultanate was increasingly seen as a military and political as well as a religious threat. There was a strong fear of Ottoman expansion even in England, where the Turks were called “the scourge of God”. the Turks, who gradually came to be seen as synonymous with Muslims, were regarded as idolaters whose religion supported indulgence and lasciviousness and encouraged polygamy. The image of the Ottomans deteriorated in the eighteenth century” when “one finds the emergence of a stereotypical image of Ottomans as a stagnant, backward and corrupt people, governed by arbitrary regime.
At this point I would like to refer to the book by Alan Mikhail, Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World. The book also gives a very good overview of the life of Sultan Selim.
@@cyrus2546Turkic doesn't necessarily mean from Turkey, we Turks(living currently in Turkey) come from the steps of modern Central Asia and the people who live in Central Asia are Turkic.
Murad 2 made the Ottoman Empire superpower for next 3 centuries from 1444 to 1774. No Sultan matched his militry skills even Selim 1 loved him more than his grand father FATEH.
Very similar like Filip the second and Alexander the great. Filip the second created the Macedonian army/ the Macedonian phalanges Alexander was using the same military strategies that his father was using, and all of the best veteran generals who served under Alexander were friends of his father. The same thing happened with Selim and Suleiman.
He just did it in just 8 years...Sultan Ahmed is called lucky but I think It's Sueiman...He got the throne at the age of 25 that was a perfect age..his training started at the age of 7... he Didn't had any competitors...
@@realmalik Sher Shah Suri the tiger killer conquered more Empires and states in less time compare to Selim and more importantly Sher Shah founded is own Empire
@@yaqubleis6311sher shah’s empire dissolved quickly after it’s death & Mughals retrieved the lost lands. However,Sher Shah left an afghan legacy,after him,there was an Afghan dynasty in Bengal that opposed the Mughals tightly until their defeat. Sher Shah declined the Mughal Empire’s expansion by a few years. Only if he lived longer,I think he would have conquered more.
@@ahmetsalih857 he aint talking abiut the early days of ottoman he talking about sultan selim by that time it became shia so they were taught under. Shia 😫 jeez always gotta be someone like u
Calling Janissaries as a slave is is like calling USA military academy graduate generals/officers as a slave, because Ameeican citizens comes from many differnet ethnics. 1. Janissaries first started with the Turkish/Turk "Akinji" (Akinci) and Akinci were the officers and most of the soldiers. Later on, Ottomans started taking young kids (Around 10 to 14 years old) from the Balkan families wirh the willing of the families. Most of those Balkan janissaries were chosen from Albanians, Macedonians, Bosnians, Kosova etc. Not chosen from Greeks, Serbians, Romanians, Polish, Dutch etc. Additionally, most of the Balkan Janissaries were alrwady coming from Balkan Muslim families. Non of the families minded giving their kids to the Ottoman army because all families knew that Janissaries used to have the best educational, best military academy graduation in the planet. As well as, they new that their kids will become a high rank military officers, generals, grand vesire (Prime minister, minister, governor etc), craftsman, tradesman/Business man etc. because janissaries sis not just got academic and military training. They also have had school wducations for language, trade, carpentry etc. all possible valuable education of that period. 2. Janissaries only made the small part of the Otroman army. Their main duty was to protect and swrve directly to yhe Sultan/Emperor. Most of the battles, Janissaries did not even got involved into the war. Standing by tbe Sultan abd protecting the Sultan that mostly rulling tbe battle in somewhere close to the battlefield. However, janissaries uaed tonget into battles too because some of tbe the Otroman Sultans were literally fighting in tbe actual battlefield by right in the middle of the actuion. Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror, Yavuz (The stern, fearless, brutal, tough etc. Yavuz means all of them) Sultan Selim, Sultan Murat 4th (Murat was one of the toughest and brutal fighter in human history. Not Just a general but a man/warrior that brutally fight in the battlefield and kill many enemies). Ottoman ""Akinci"" were thw actual Ottoman army. All of the Akinci made of pure Turk/Turkish ethnic. Indeed, Akinci system were almost same as the Japanese Samurai. The Turkish citizens from the Tiekish lands, have their own swmi autonomous regions and lands, have their own armies, weapons etc. their own small armies, legions all made of pure Turks. "Akinci" means Attacker (Charging onto enemy). They were the black ops and/or special forces of the time. Their first duty was to watch enemy territory, leak inro enemy territory way days, months before the battle, get intel. Few weeks or days before the battle, do surprise attack to enemy bases, kill as much as they can kill and pull back into their nattle headquarters. That tactics causes massife fear, chaos and dame over enemy armies. Once the actual Battle started, Akinci were duing most of the battles. However, ""Deliler" was the actual unit in large scale Battles, those directly charged o to enemy forced with very small number of tbe the soldiers and so extremely brutall and bloody attacks. Most of them used to die in the first atatck on fiet battle. Because they were wearing no armor, all light but very effective close range swords, battle axes etc. Lots of Tattoos, they were wearing animal (Brown beae, Tihwe, Lion) furs, strange hhair cut and beard, mustach, massive Eagle wtc wings in their back and so on. Actually so called Polish Hussars actually exactly coppied Ottoman "Deliler". Do not forget that Ottomans used to have massive influence and power over Polland (Well, all of the Slavs) and used ro train Polish soldiers and armies for over 150 years, in not more.
Safavids are Turkic During the era of Shah Ismail and his successor, the state was ruled almost exclusively by Turks, the famous Qizilbashs. The state was known as "Dewlet-I Qizilbash" or "Saltanat-I Qizilbash" Some Turkic clans that make up the Qizilbash confederacy: Ustadjlu (from Beydili tribe), Rumlu, Afshar(not all), Qajar (from Bayat tribe), Tekkelu, Shamlu(from Afshar tribe), Baharlu (from Yiva tribe), Qaramanlu, and others... There were already the Qurchi and the Ghulams, but they were not powerful at that time. - The Qurchi were composed mainly of Turks, they were divided into groups of a hundred led by Yüz-Bashi¹, themselves led by a Qurchi-Bashi, two Turkic title. - The Ghulams were mainly composed of Georgians, but also Armenians and Circassians. They were led by a Qollar-Aghasi², also a Turkic title. 1: the word "bash" mean chief or head in Turkish, and "Yüz-Bashi" mean chief of hundred in Turkish. 2: the word "Agha" mean chief or elder brother in Turkish.
@@CufCufImam Byzantine had varingian germanics troops Emperor spoken barbarian language with them take them for hunt with him It will transform Byzantium from eastern Roman or Greek to garmanic or even Slavic right yeah 🙃 Fool use tha brain 🧠 if you have
@@umaraziz8274 The fact that you have to rationalize having invited a foreign dynasty to rule over you speaks volumes of the depravity of your nation's mindset. You're a nation of impotent peasants, and peasants you shall remain, and always in the shadow of Turks. Since the rise of the Ghaznavid dynasty, Iran has been slowly but definitely losing to Turks and nothing you do can refute that. There is no authentic evidence that they were Kurdish and a Persian dynasty cope harder all medieval sources claimed Turkic ancestry even the pseudo source of ibn bezzaz contradicts itself by claiming a Kurdish and Central Asian heritage lol will Kurdish at one stand could’ve been used for different meaning rather than Ethnicity
Everyone says that Salim was a genius, but I think he was a deceitful man, he drew a sword on his Muslim brothers and killed them, even in the war with the Safavids, his soldiers shot his tent and he was lucky to survive,Salim had promised the Safavids not to use artillery in the war, but when he was close to defeat, the Iranians who did not expect artillery were all massacred.
Shiites were massacring Sunni Muslims. Selim I marched on Iran to prevent this. While he was going to make a second expedition to Iran to eliminate Iran, he was betrayed by the Mamluks and had to eliminate the Mamluks. He also did not promise not to use cannons in battle. All of the Qizilbash were cavalrymen and did not know how to use cannons. Selim I came to Chaldiran, leaving 40 thousand soldiers behind.
@salihoyun126 to unite? He attacked Iran with an army of 100,000 armed to the teeth, with such an army it was possible to conquer half of Europe Selim was a fool, suppose there was no war between the Safavids and the Ottomans, the Ottomans would easily conquer Europe and the Safavids would conquer the east of the earth, but Selim created a 400-year war and a great enemy for the Ottomans in the east.
@@ahmetsalih857 It is the opposite of what you said, it was the Ottomans who suppressed and massacred the Anatolian Shia Turkmens, the Safavid army had already used artillery and could easily use it again, I suggest you to use reliable international sources instead of Turkish sources. use
@ everybody says and agreed on he was one of the best Marshal and sultan, you only say he is fool…in Turkish we only say you type of guys: siktir git başımdan, senin gibi mallarla kaybedecek vaktim yok
@@yaqubleis6311 Shah Ismail was of Turkmen, Greek and Kurdish origin. His mother was Greek and Turkmen and his father was Kurdish and Turkmen. He founded the Safavid state thanks to the Kizilbash and spoke a Turkic language.
I'm no Persian or iranian,but The empire/state was almost just a Persian state. Just seen records of contemporary states of the time. All called them Persians. They carried Persian culture,the language,the Sassanian elements,etc. It seems absurd that Safavid state was not a Persian state. The dynasty,yes,was not Persian,but the state was undeniably as Persian as much as ottomans were islamists
@@BarlasofIndus During the era of Shah Ismail and his successor, the state was ruled almost exclusively by Turks, the famous Qizilbashs. The state was known as "Dewlet-I Qizilbash" or "Saltanat-I Qizilbash" Some Turkic clans that make up the Qizilbash confederacy: Ustadjlu (from Beydili tribe), Rumlu, Afshar(not all), Qajar (from Bayat tribe), Tekkelu, Shamlu(from Afshar tribe), Baharlu (from Yiva tribe), Qaramanlu, and others... There were already the Qurchi and the Ghulams, but they were not powerful at that time. - The Qurchi were composed mainly of Turks, they were divided into groups of a hundred led by Yüz-Bashi¹, themselves led by a Qurchi-Bashi, two Turkic title. - The Ghulams were mainly composed of Georgians, but also Armenians and Circassians. They were led by a Qollar-Aghasi², also a Turkic title. 1: the word "bash" mean chief or head in Turkish, and "Yüz-Bashi" mean chief of hundred in Turkish. 2: the word "Agha" mean chief or elder brother in Turkish.
During the era of Shah Ismail and his successor, the state was ruled almost exclusively by Turks, the famous Qizilbashs. The state was known as "Dewlet-I Qizilbash" or "Saltanat-I Qizilbash" Some Turkic clans that make up the Qizilbash confederacy: Ustadjlu (from Beydili tribe), Rumlu, Afshar(not all), Qajar (from Bayat tribe), Tekkelu, Shamlu(from Afshar tribe), Baharlu (from Yiva tribe), Qaramanlu, and others... There were already the Qurchi and the Ghulams, but they were not powerful at that time. - The Qurchi were composed mainly of Turks, they were divided into groups of a hundred led by Yüz-Bashi¹, themselves led by a Qurchi-Bashi, two Turkic title. - The Ghulams were mainly composed of Georgians, but also Armenians and Circassians. They were led by a Qollar-Aghasi², also a Turkic title. 1: the word "bash" mean chief or head in Turkish, and "Yüz-Bashi" mean chief of hundred in Turkish. 2: the word "Agha" mean chief or elder brother in Turkish.
@@yousuf6382 They werent foreigners ruling they were IRANIANS by their nationality their capital was in modern day Iran their official language was PERSIAN also they consider ottoman turks as enemies.Still today there are more turks in Iran than whole of Azerbaijan.
He was never named Caliph in any recorded conversation or any document. Sultan Abdulhamid claimed the title Caliph and used this fake story about Selim to sell his claim. For hundreds of years between Selim and Abdulhamid, not a single Ottoman Sultan was named Caliph in any record.
@@Hashashinofallamut Fatimids are not related to Ottomans, Fatimids are not Turks, they ruled from Egypt and were dethroned centuries before Ottomans came to power in Asia minor. What is your point here ? 😂
@@Hashashinofallamut technically, the Abbasid caliphate continued for few hundred years as an honorary position but they ruled nothing out of Baghdad walls until its fall, then the dynasty continued to exist in Egypt and they kept the title but they were literally prisoners to Mamluks to be used as a justification of their rule in behalf of the Abbasids.
@@Hashashinofallamut Salim didnt call himself caliph. That’s what Im saying, not a single historian mentioned it until the 1900s. He didn’t call himself caliph when he sent messages to other rulers. No documents in Ottomans archive mentions Caliph as one of his titles when he was referred to in official documents. Nothing until Abdulhamid tried to claim the title to use it in 1st world war.
Yes, Safavids are Turks. During the era of Shah Ismail and his successor, the state was ruled almost exclusively by Turks, the famous Qizilbashs. The state was known as "Dewlet-I Qizilbash" or "Saltanat-I Qizilbash" Some Turkic clans that make up the Qizilbash confederacy: Ustadjlu (from Beydili tribe), Rumlu, Afshar(not all), Qajar (from Bayat tribe), Tekkelu, Shamlu(from Afshar tribe), Baharlu (from Yiva tribe), Qaramanlu, and others... There were already the Qurchi and the Ghulams, but they were not powerful at that time. - The Qurchi were composed mainly of Turks, they were divided into groups of a hundred led by Yüz-Bashi¹, themselves led by a Qurchi-Bashi, two Turkic title. - The Ghulams were mainly composed of Georgians, but also Armenians and Circassians. They were led by a Qollar-Aghasi², also a Turkic title. 1: the word "bash" mean chief or head in Turkish, and "Yüz-Bashi" mean chief of hundred in Turkish. 2: the word "Agha" mean chief or elder brother in Turkish.
You know it's funny i have a Qizibash family ancestry (but my family don't speak turkish because we were exiled 200years ago) ,and I always considered myself a Persian (Iranian) and im proud of it.
@@theheroickhan read this part of the letter of Shah Abbas the Great to Pope Clement VIII carefully(Shah abbas wrote it in farsi and not even azari): "... In the past, there was never a way back between the kings of Iran and the sultans of Farangistan, and they never got to know each other..." ✅ Despite being fully aware of the use of the name "Persia" for our country in Europe, Shah Abbas again used the ancient and thousands-year-old name "Iran" in his letter. 🔸 Also, Shah Abbas considers his royal position along the lines of the previous kings of Iran 🔸 Shah Abbas was clearly aware of the use of the name "Persia" for our country through the letters and envoys of the Pope as well as European governments. 🔸 The writing date of the letter is 1012 AH equal to 1603 AD. The original letter is now kept in the Vatican Archives. .
@@PatriotOfPersiaTurkmens were a Turkic people. Shah Ismail spoke a Turkic language and considered himself a Turk. Since his grandfather was a descendant of Uzun Hasan, he received the support of the Qizilbash and founded the Safavid state. Shah Ismail's father's mother was Uzun Hasan's sister and was a Turk.
@@Can-vl8sl What the f k Shah Ismail Mother was Uzan Hassan sister? Mother of Shah Ismail Was Halimei Beygum/ Marta She was Daughter Of Uzun Hassan 🇹🇲 and Destpina Bano 🇬🇷 So it makes her Half Greek and Half Turkman !!! Shah Ismail also always introduced himself as Sayyid, which means the ancestor of Muhammad, and he said many times that his roots go to Imam Jafar Sadiq, which means the fifth Imam of Shiites!!! Although he was Kurdish and in the book "Safwat al Safa" written by Ibn Bazaz Ardabili, the origin of the family goes back to Firozshah Zarin Kolah with their family tree, and they are originally Kurds. Ibn Bazaz Ardabili was also a Turkmen !!!
@@PatriotOfPersia I am not talking about Shah Ismail's mother. Shah Ismail's grandmother was the sister of Uzun Hasan. Ismail's grandfather Sheikh Junayd married Khadija Begum, the sister of Uzun Hasan. So Shah Ismail's father was also half Turk and half Kurd.
@@hamishegi9993It was stupid at that time, the Kurds wanted to protect themselves from the Safavids by putting the Kurds on the borders and ensuring their own security, you did not have a state.😂
@@hazorg16 Iran - land of Nazi Aryan people. One should be only blind not to see a strong claim for ethnic superiority in the name of "iran". wake up, baby!
Safavids are not a Persian dynasty.Can you say Ottomans are Greek dynasty?They were Turks in almost every way while Ottoman Sultan's Poems were mostly in Persian,Arabian language Shah İsmaill was writing in Turkish.Geography not mean nationality.Oh and Mughals are not İndian too🤣.
It was Brother Fighting against Brother because they were from a different sect of islam, the mamluks, safavids were all from the same tribe and background, nothing genius about cconnquering another muslim or persian Land and making it yours because you has a political standoff with another opponent or sultan of that empire. Not only cruelty was engaged within the ranks the ottomans killed their own family by fratricide so no younger brotherwould proceed the throne, it was pure selfishness and greed for power, or to make a single name in history. Todays Turks are much different then the ottomans of yesterday, ottomans fell knee deeop when they had their internal conflcts and struggle to hold onto power, other emnpires and countrys saw this weekness as an oppurtunity to finish off the ottoman empire both financially, politically, economically and trampede with a physical war. Im a Turk and proud of my country but not of the past.
Shah Ismail was a mixture of Turk, Greek and Kurd. It was not a Kurdish family. And the official language of the Safavid state was Persian, while the language of the palace and the army was Turkic.
@@Can-vl8sl the safavid family was a kurdish family in the muslim world the line of the father is put first sure the sultans mother was a turkuman and his grandmother was Georgian and yes they spoke but that was because Persian because it was the language of the educated Muslims from china to eastern Europe in those days even the ottuman sultans mostly spoke Persian .
@@Can-vl8sl yes and no from what i studied the official languages of the ottuman empire was the ottuman language (a mix of turkish Arabic and parsian ) people call that language turkish but it wasn't like modern day turkish. they also used Arabic as a official language they had many vilaet (states/provinces ) and many didn't have any turks and were actually autonomous :)
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Selim's legacy: There is no library, no architecture, No culture, only blood:
1- Rebelling his own father
2- Killing the legal Sultan
3- Killing almost everyone in the family
4- Robbing the throne
5- Opened the grave of Ottoman prince to cut his head
6- Attacking the Turkic beyliks when they needed help most
7- Attacking Muslim caliphate
8-Murdering the legal caliph of Muslis
9-Destorying Muslim Egypt
10 - Plundering Muslim Persia
On the mamluk banner it says Suleiman the magnificent in the marj dabiq scene 😢 selim against his egyptian son ?
Hatanız var. Safeviler pers değil Türk hanedanıydı. Bu aşırı bir hata düzeltin
لولا الامان لكانو العثمانيين كانو اصبحو هراء كان تفوقهم بل البنادق و المدافع بسبب أنتشار العلم العربي و العلم المسلمين اللذينا أتوبهم العرب في الاندلس وبعد سقوط الاندلس أخذو الروم علم العرب و المسلمين وطوروه و العرب عدنا الا الصفر كما كل مره في التاريخ العرب يصعدون ألا القمه وعنما يسقطون يصلون الا الصفر كما قال الباحث عيد اليحيى
Selim not only conquered the Mamluk Sultanate and dismembered the Safavids at Chaldiran but also made Barbarossa the grand admiral of the empire unleashing what would become a nightmare of European ships and coasts
Not really dismembered
@@BarlasofIndus after defeated by Selim I, Şah İsmail literally didnt fight w ottomans for 14 years if i remember right
@@ozan7427Selim destroyed his entire career, Ismael turned into a depressive drunkward guy and never touched a sword in the remaining decade of his life. Selim did him "Grim" dirty 🥶
@@nenenindonuwhat happened at seige of Tabriz
Selim the Grim died in 1520, it was his son, Suleiman the Magnificent, that named Hizir Reis as Admiral in 1533
Sultan Selim I was a beast. He became Sultan in his early 40s & reigned for only 8 years but he doubled the empire's territory.
Within those 8 years, he had topple his father after a civil war, annihilate the Safavids & ravaged safavid capital, conquer the Mamluk Sultanate and rip off the title caliph, annexed Eastern Anatolia and also filled the ottoman treasury to its full. this was none other than the baddest man of the 16th century, Selim I. In my opinion, He's the best ottoman sultan as his success rate is 100%.
Also among the most islamist ottomans
@@mohammadbilal4473 janisarries had Turkic and bektaşi alevi system on their education before Selim made their education to more religious sunni side. While Selim I is a good commander his changes to jannisarry and his decision to go east not west weakened the empire in long term maybe he lived longer he would go west but we cannot know. Not the mention he deturkified east anatolai w the massacres he committed on Turk Shia and Alevi communities. Even today Turkey has problems at east because some villages arent Turkish dominated.
Shah Ismail was even bigger beast he conquered more state and land than Selim and he started form nothing Selim was already born to superpower Empire Shah Ismail created one
@@ozan7427if I remember correctly bektaşi wasn’t Shia bak then. It changed over the centuries. Why would a sunni empire educate their soldiers with shia ideas.
@@mustafademir2116 bektaşi isnt shia. But bektaşis in anatolia are alevis which is different sect of islam similar to shia. Majority of alevis are Türkmens. They did it to raise soldiers with Turkish traditions from my guessing
Selim: conquers everything
Dulkadir: if we stay silent, he may go away
Its worked for Ramazanids. They left alone in Adana until 17.century
Ruler of the Dulkadirids was the grandfather of the Selim I
Historians all agree that the three greatest of the Ottoman sultans were Mehmet the Conqueror , his grandson Selim I , the Grim , and his son Süleyman the Magnificent ; of the three , Selim I was the greatest general , a military genius.
We are happy we managed to cover all of them :)
@@Knowledgiamaybe a video about Mahmud of Ghazni in the future :)
What a joke, if Mehmed didn't conquer Constantinople, Selim wouldn't have anything close, neither would Suleyman be the Magnificent.
@@mohammadbilal4473 your mom raised you like that, my claim is robust.
@@mohammadbilal4473 also, he was fluent in languages like Turkish, Serbian, Arabic, Persian, Greek and Latin. He knew astronomy, mathematics, theology. Those cannons that conquered Constantinople were engineered by him, he conquered most of the remaining balkan territories, anatolia and Crimea, transitioned Ottomans from a sultanate to an empire, what else should I say? Or will you tell your mom about me😢
In his letter to Sultan Tuman-Bay of Egypt, Selim wrote that he intended to become the ruler of the East and of the West, like Alexander the Great. Selim's first two years on the throne were spent in the elimination of all members of the Ottoman dynasty who could advance a claim to the throne. Then he entered into peace- negotiations with his European neighbours, and in particular with Hungary, in order to have his hands free in the East.
They didn’t wanted a 2 front war
@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014all leaders are like that. their priority is to strengthen their power inside.
I definitely would rank Selim I among the greatest ruler in Turkish history his battles were a masterpiece pushing Safavids back and conquering Mamluks in just 8 years Selim might be the one of the biggest “what if”
Are you even a turkish? I don't think so
@@Alghi451Being Turkish is not a criteria to study Turkish history
@@muhammadsaad847 womp womp arap
@@Alghi451 Honestly as a turk, that make me happy that non turkish people are trying to learn more about our ancestry make me happy.
he literally killed his all siblings
After watching your video, someone who has no knowledge of the Ottoman army would think that the Ottoman army consisted only of janissaries. Janissaries were a small part of the Ottoman army.
True
7:44 Selim 1 didn't fight with the Suleiman The Magnificent, Suleiman is his son. He fought with Kansu Gavri
Editing error. Probably copy and pasted the Suleiman icon to edit it but forgot lol
lmao
Sultan Selim I. , one of the most brilliant sovereigns of his own or any age , -a general of rare military genius , a statesman of singular understanding and keen foresight , and a poet who has written a number of the finest odes in a language rich in poetry , he has earned , as he deserved , “ the indignant reprobation of mankind .
Fanboy much? One of the most brilliant sovereigns of any age? Did you major in hyperbole 😂; wow.
By the middle of the 16th century, the Turks arguably possessed the greatest empire in the world.
That title goes to the Ming dynasty in China
@@JIJCrowEven the Qing Dynasty that suceeded the Ming copied their gun powder weapons from the Ottomans who had began to decline at that point, no doubt that Ottomans were superior than the Ming in the 16th century. wish there had been a war between them though history already took Timur vs Ming from us
Spanish Empire - controlling the world ocean, world trade. Ottomans were imprisoned inside a lake
@@nenenindonu Gunpowder was invented in China sometime during the first millennium AD. The earliest possible reference to gunpowder appeared in 142 AD during the Eastern Han dynasty when the alchemist Wei Boyang, also known as the "father of alchemy", wrote about a substance with gunpowder-like properties.
@@nenenindonu If not the betrayal of Beyaz it, from the back, instead of Anatolia, Tamerlane would comfortably conquer China and could unite the isolated China with the rest of Asia, shaping a grand mixture of rich Islamic and ancient Chinese civilizations. There would be no Western colonialism, the west would not be the global center of development!
Selim was born in 1470 in Amasya, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey). His nickname was Yavuz (“The Grim”). Selim successfully fought his brother and their father, Bayezid II, for the throne. After his ascension he had anyone who could potentially claim the throne-including his brothers and nephews-killed.
Thanks for the video, I would like to add, because it didn't cover the real reasons of Ottoman-Safavid conflict, many events were happening:
1- Ismail Shah Safavid wasn't a religious man at all, and at his time, majority of Persia was Sunni, this is a fact, actually during his era Persians were forced to convert to Shia Islam, and his invasion to Baghdad, killing many religious scholars making pyramids of their heads, digging the grave of Imam Abu Hanifa Al Numan, coated his skull with gold and he drank wine with it, and replaced his grave with a dog bones, all this provoked Yavuz Sultan Selim to react, apart from this
2- The Portuguese alliance with Safavids and military supplies was one of the major reasons why Yavuz Sultan Selim had to react quickly, as the Portuguese couldn't defeat Yavuz Sultan Selim or secure any strategic victory in Asia or in the Mediterranean
3- The Mamluks allowed the weapons supply to go through their territories from Portuguese to Safavids, that also made a cause to conquer Palestine, Hijaz and Egypt.
4- Yavuz Sultan Selim is one of the most prestigious Sultans of ottoman and of a significant importance similar to Fatih Sulltan Memhet II:
a- Yavuz Sultan Selim released the Abbasid Caliph from captivity in Mamluk sultanate in Egypt, and he was the first Sultan to be granted the title of Caliph, The prince of believers, which was only given to Rashidun caliphs, Umayyads, and Abbasids, which wasn't given to the Mamluks
b- He was the first Ottoman Sultan to include Jerusalem, Madina & Mecca the 3 holy sites of Muslims to his realm, and the first who named himself the custodian of the two holy mosques which is a title used until today for Saudi monarchies.
c- He ruled a short period but his son The Magnificent Sultan Suleyman or Kanuni Sultan Suleyman, made the Ottoman empire on the peak of its power, all that happened because of what his father Yavuz Sultan Selim has prepared for him, today in US Capitol you have Suleyman the magnificent portrait one of the 21 historical lawgivers who influenced US constitution, this legacy which is acknowledged by all wouldn't be without Yavuz Sultan Selim.
Selim we love you from Somalia 🇸🇴
why would you love a guy that ordered the killing of innocent people? 😮
Nice episode, no biased statements, no funny name pronounciations.
Sultan Selim's beginning intention was to crush safavids for good to unify the Islamic World out of fitna(discord). No offensive actions against Mamluks first but against safavids for a second wave. But Mamluks feared the safavid crush at Chaldıran so much and also frightened by Ismail himself about if they went down the Mamluks would be the next target. So Kansu Gavri, the Mamluk sultan, gathered his army and marched north to act first thus unintentionally attracted the thunder upon himself resulting in his life and reign demise.
May Allah rest Sultan Selim in peace. He was an actual great man
Etre fort comme un Turc"
This expression dates from the 15th century. It refers to the period of the Ottoman Empire when the Turks won many conquests by their strength and cruelty, they were merciless. The Turk therefore represented at the time the supreme enemy, the unbeatable.
Who's dmby on ur picc
A special Western way of looking at Islam developed in Europe between the 12th and 14th centuries, which viewed Islam as a form of Christian heresy. When the Ottomans advanced into Europe, their sultanate was increasingly seen as a military and political as well as a religious threat. There was a strong fear of Ottoman expansion even in England, where the Turks were called “the scourge of God”. the Turks, who gradually came to be seen as synonymous with Muslims, were regarded as idolaters whose religion supported indulgence and lasciviousness and encouraged polygamy. The image of the Ottomans deteriorated in the eighteenth century” when “one finds the emergence of a stereotypical image of Ottomans as a stagnant, backward and corrupt people, governed by arbitrary regime.
At this point I would like to refer to the book by Alan Mikhail, Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World.
The book also gives a very good overview of the life of Sultan Selim.
*Love the correct pronunciation of the Safavids!*
Paradox hates this one man who utterly breaks their war score system.
Selim I must be responsible for increasing the size of the Ottoman Empire.
Safavids aren’t Persian, they are Turkic
They are Iranian regardless. They are from Iran, not Turkey.
@@cyrus2546 But they are Turkic and their ancestors came from Central Asia and conquered Iran.
@@cyrus2546Turkic doesn't necessarily mean from Turkey, we Turks(living currently in Turkey) come from the steps of modern Central Asia and the people who live in Central Asia are Turkic.
Safavids were Qizilbash Turkmens. They spoke Azeri Türkmen dialect..
Also Persian and Iranian are different terms
Murad 2 made the Ottoman Empire superpower for next 3 centuries from 1444 to 1774. No Sultan matched his militry skills even Selim 1 loved him more than his grand father FATEH.
Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍
Conquering land is the easy part, hanging on to them is the hard part.
He is not only a sultan he is one of the best Marshal of the history
Very similar like Filip the second and Alexander the great. Filip the second created the Macedonian army/ the Macedonian phalanges Alexander was using the same military strategies that his father was using, and all of the best veteran generals who served under Alexander were friends of his father. The same thing happened with Selim and Suleiman.
You learn something new everyday. I thought I was the only one with the moniker, "the Magnificent."
Great video
safevid is a turkmen state founded by alawite turkmens . Mamluks are kıpçak Turks who where slaves before
The Mamluks came under Circassian rule in the 1380s.
He just did it in just 8 years...Sultan Ahmed is called lucky but I think It's Sueiman...He got the throne at the age of 25 that was a perfect age..his training started at the age of 7... he Didn't had any competitors...
No, the Safavid Army was not larger than the Ottoman army, on the contrary, they were smaller than the Ottoman army.
Sultan Yavuz Sultan Selim Khan RA
Great Selim! 🇹🇷
So Iran has been sanctioned since it was Persia 😂
I like his mustache
Very fascinant 👏 👏 👏 👏
No mentioning on barbaric policy of Ismail in Anatolia ! What is going on here dear Knowledgia !
Can you make an alternate history video of Romania next? Like what if it had a great history, constantinople and colonies?
there is a mistake in battle of marj dabiq you have Suleiman the Magnificient mentioned
We saw the typo after the upload. Apologise for that.
If Amir Timur is the greatest general of all times then Selim 1 is the fastest conqueror of the world.
@@realmalik Sher Shah Suri the tiger killer conquered more Empires and states in less time compare to Selim and more importantly Sher Shah founded is own Empire
@@yaqubleis6311sher shah’s empire dissolved quickly after it’s death & Mughals retrieved the lost lands. However,Sher Shah left an afghan legacy,after him,there was an Afghan dynasty in Bengal that opposed the Mughals tightly until their defeat.
Sher Shah declined the Mughal Empire’s expansion by a few years. Only if he lived longer,I think he would have conquered more.
@@wasif2881 If Sher Shah Suri the tiger killer was born to the Ottoman Empire in that time he was going to do more than Selim
@@yaqubleis6311 Sher Shah actually did alot like Selim,Sher Shah destroyed alot of Sultanates & deposed the mughal empire
Love Selim Yavuz❤
Selim the Grim? I THINK NOT! More like Selim the Based
Sometimes your magnificent son comes from a Grim upbringing 😂.....
7:35
I DID'T KNEW THAT MAMLUK SULTAN WAS SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT !!!!
@7:35 Mamluk leader wasn't Suleiman "the Magnificent"... he is Selim's son
he reign for 8 years and spend those 8 years on the back of his horse he never slept in his palace
Fajr Zuhr Asar Maghrib Isha and Witr Salah, Dua Qunoot ♥👌❤
Establish regular Salah and pay Zakat...
By the way shah and selim are both Turkish etnicity and memluks were led by circassians
Imagine that. Lose a civil conflict, basically get a month long vacation, die.
Chad behavior
The problem with the safavids and ottoman wars was the ottoman main support were the janissaries which were taught under haji bektash which was shia
Haji Bektash is Sunni. But later his sect became Shiite.
@@ahmetsalih857 yeab thats why i am saying this 🤨😂😂 like what
@@ahmetsalih857 he aint talking abiut the early days of ottoman he talking about sultan selim by that time it became shia so they were taught under. Shia 😫 jeez always gotta be someone like u
Say ALLAHU Akbar hundred times everyday after Fajr Salah 😊😊😊
Safavid isn't persian dynasty . They are origin turkic kizilbaş dynasty .
They are Iranian regardless. They are from Iran, not Turkey.
too bad they considered themself shahs of iran
@@cyrus2546 Bro I don't wrote that they are not from Iran . I wrote they are turkic dynasty this is true! it's two different things .
Salim had the gunfire AND the larger army in Chaldoran Battle.
Peace be with you🕊
Shia and Sunni Islam doesn’t make that big of a difference unlike Protestan and Catholicism
Calling Janissaries as a slave is is like calling USA military academy graduate generals/officers as a slave, because Ameeican citizens comes from many differnet ethnics.
1. Janissaries first started with the Turkish/Turk "Akinji" (Akinci) and Akinci were the officers and most of the soldiers.
Later on, Ottomans started taking young kids (Around 10 to 14 years old) from the Balkan families wirh the willing of the families.
Most of those Balkan janissaries were chosen from Albanians, Macedonians, Bosnians, Kosova etc.
Not chosen from Greeks, Serbians, Romanians, Polish, Dutch etc.
Additionally, most of the Balkan Janissaries were alrwady coming from Balkan Muslim families.
Non of the families minded giving their kids to the Ottoman army because all families knew that Janissaries used to have the best educational, best military academy graduation in the planet. As well as, they new that their kids will become a high rank military officers, generals, grand vesire (Prime minister, minister, governor etc), craftsman, tradesman/Business man etc. because janissaries sis not just got academic and military training. They also have had school wducations for language, trade, carpentry etc. all possible valuable education of that period.
2. Janissaries only made the small part of the Otroman army. Their main duty was to protect and swrve directly to yhe Sultan/Emperor.
Most of the battles, Janissaries did not even got involved into the war. Standing by tbe Sultan abd protecting the Sultan that mostly rulling tbe battle in somewhere close to the battlefield.
However, janissaries uaed tonget into battles too because some of tbe the Otroman Sultans were literally fighting in tbe actual battlefield by right in the middle of the actuion.
Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror, Yavuz (The stern, fearless, brutal, tough etc. Yavuz means all of them) Sultan Selim, Sultan Murat 4th (Murat was one of the toughest and brutal fighter in human history. Not
Just a general but a man/warrior that brutally fight in the battlefield and kill many enemies).
Ottoman ""Akinci"" were thw actual Ottoman army. All of the Akinci made of pure Turk/Turkish ethnic.
Indeed, Akinci system were almost same as the Japanese Samurai.
The Turkish citizens from the Tiekish lands, have their own swmi autonomous regions and lands, have their own armies, weapons etc. their own small armies, legions all made of pure Turks.
"Akinci" means Attacker (Charging onto enemy).
They were the black ops and/or special forces of the time.
Their first duty was to watch enemy territory, leak inro enemy territory way days, months before the battle, get intel.
Few weeks or days before the battle, do surprise attack to enemy bases, kill as much as they can kill and pull back into their nattle headquarters.
That tactics causes massife fear, chaos and dame over enemy armies.
Once the actual Battle started, Akinci were duing most of the battles. However, ""Deliler" was the actual unit in large scale Battles, those directly charged o to enemy forced with very small number of tbe the soldiers and so extremely brutall and bloody attacks. Most of them used to die in the first atatck on fiet battle. Because they were wearing no armor, all light but very effective close range swords, battle axes etc.
Lots of Tattoos, they were wearing animal (Brown beae, Tihwe, Lion) furs, strange hhair cut and beard, mustach, massive Eagle wtc wings in their back and so on.
Actually so called Polish Hussars actually exactly coppied Ottoman "Deliler". Do not forget that Ottomans used to have massive influence and power over Polland (Well, all of the Slavs) and used ro train Polish soldiers and armies for over 150 years, in not more.
I am aiming for Silver Medal now
Hahahahahahah
Sunni oghuz Turks Vs Jafari Oghuz Turks 🌝
Safavids were Kurdish Persian.
Safavids are Turkic
During the era of Shah Ismail and his successor, the state was ruled almost exclusively by Turks, the famous Qizilbashs. The state was known as "Dewlet-I Qizilbash" or "Saltanat-I Qizilbash"
Some Turkic clans that make up the Qizilbash confederacy: Ustadjlu (from Beydili tribe), Rumlu, Afshar(not all), Qajar (from Bayat tribe), Tekkelu, Shamlu(from Afshar tribe), Baharlu (from Yiva tribe), Qaramanlu, and others...
There were already the Qurchi and the Ghulams, but they were not powerful at that time.
- The Qurchi were composed mainly of Turks, they were divided into groups of a hundred led by Yüz-Bashi¹, themselves led by a Qurchi-Bashi, two Turkic title.
- The Ghulams were mainly composed of Georgians, but also Armenians and Circassians. They were led by a Qollar-Aghasi², also a Turkic title.
1: the word "bash" mean chief or head in Turkish, and "Yüz-Bashi" mean chief of hundred in Turkish.
2: the word "Agha" mean chief or elder brother in Turkish.
@@umaraziz8274 Sure that's why they spoke Middle Azerbaijani as native tongue and operated as/with Turcoman tribes / Qizilbashes
@@CufCufImam
Byzantine had varingian germanics troops
Emperor spoken barbarian language with them take them for hunt with him
It will transform Byzantium from eastern Roman or Greek to garmanic or even Slavic right yeah 🙃
Fool use tha brain 🧠 if you have
@@umaraziz8274 The fact that you have to rationalize having invited a foreign dynasty to rule over you speaks volumes of the depravity of your nation's mindset.
You're a nation of impotent peasants, and peasants you shall remain, and always in the shadow of Turks. Since the rise of the Ghaznavid dynasty, Iran has been slowly but definitely losing to Turks and nothing you do can refute that.
There is no authentic evidence that they were Kurdish and a Persian dynasty cope harder all medieval sources claimed Turkic ancestry even the pseudo source of ibn bezzaz contradicts itself by claiming a Kurdish and Central Asian heritage lol will Kurdish at one stand could’ve been used for different meaning rather than Ethnicity
Everyone says that Salim was a genius, but I think he was a deceitful man, he drew a sword on his Muslim brothers and killed them, even in the war with the Safavids, his soldiers shot his tent and he was lucky to survive,Salim had promised the Safavids not to use artillery in the war, but when he was close to defeat, the Iranians who did not expect artillery were all massacred.
Shiites were massacring Sunni Muslims. Selim I marched on Iran to prevent this. While he was going to make a second expedition to Iran to eliminate Iran, he was betrayed by the Mamluks and had to eliminate the Mamluks. He also did not promise not to use cannons in battle. All of the Qizilbash were cavalrymen and did not know how to use cannons. Selim I came to Chaldiran, leaving 40 thousand soldiers behind.
What should he has done to unite the all 😂 may be election in 15th century ? Really a dumb comment
@salihoyun126 to unite? He attacked Iran with an army of 100,000 armed to the teeth, with such an army it was possible to conquer half of Europe Selim was a fool, suppose there was no war between the Safavids and the Ottomans, the Ottomans would easily conquer Europe and the Safavids would conquer the east of the earth, but Selim created a 400-year war and a great enemy for the Ottomans in the east.
@@ahmetsalih857 It is the opposite of what you said, it was the Ottomans who suppressed and massacred the Anatolian Shia Turkmens, the Safavid army had already used artillery and could easily use it again, I suggest you to use reliable international sources instead of Turkish sources. use
@ everybody says and agreed on he was one of the best Marshal and sultan, you only say he is fool…in Turkish we only say you type of guys: siktir git başımdan, senin gibi mallarla kaybedecek vaktim yok
Much love when you called it : Sunni Islam, and then Shia, yeah Shia is not Islam
Selim just grew in geopolitical vacuum in the Middle East. Just intimidated Safavid dervishes with the cannons of Mehmed II
He could not have grown without the reforms of Memet II in military industry and statehood.
Selim: "Funky, Mecca & Medina"
Restoring the eastern roman empire to roughly its pre arab conquest size.
Safavids were not Persians.
True, they were azeri but still ruled the persian empire as 30% of the population was azeri
Safavids were not Azeri or Persians the Safavids were Kurdish origin
@@yaqubleis6311 Shah Ismail was of Turkmen, Greek and Kurdish origin. His mother was Greek and Turkmen and his father was Kurdish and Turkmen. He founded the Safavid state thanks to the Kizilbash and spoke a Turkic language.
@@Can-vl8sl is origin was Kurdish origin forget about is blood 99 % of the Ottoman ruler were Europeans by blood
@@Can-vl8sl Selim I of the Ottoman Empire was more Europeans by blood than Turkic
In 1492 after Jews were given safe haven in Ottoman Empire they became the greatest Muslim Empire that existed
How did he avoid aggression modifiers?
😂
I wish he didn't and instead followed the path his grandfather went on...
Hello sir . I want to convert your video in my own hindi voice. Can i?
Only Super Powers have territorial domain on several continents like the Ottomans.
Its been dropped gang
7:39 This is not Sulayman I. It is Al Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri
He is not from Egypt, he is a Circassian decent
He killed his brothers as a beginning
7:31 did u just killed Suleiman by Selim?
It was Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri
not Sulayman I.
Ottoman empire come back
thats how u set up an heir ck3 players lol
Safavid Empire was not a Persian Empire. Its dynasty originated from Turks and Şah İsmail wrote poems in Turkish
I'm no Persian or iranian,but The empire/state was almost just a Persian state. Just seen records of contemporary states of the time. All called them Persians. They carried Persian culture,the language,the Sassanian elements,etc. It seems absurd that Safavid state was not a Persian state. The dynasty,yes,was not Persian,but the state was undeniably as Persian as much as ottomans were islamists
@@BarlasofIndus
During the era of Shah Ismail and his successor, the state was ruled almost exclusively by Turks, the famous Qizilbashs. The state was known as "Dewlet-I Qizilbash" or "Saltanat-I Qizilbash"
Some Turkic clans that make up the Qizilbash confederacy: Ustadjlu (from Beydili tribe), Rumlu, Afshar(not all), Qajar (from Bayat tribe), Tekkelu, Shamlu(from Afshar tribe), Baharlu (from Yiva tribe), Qaramanlu, and others...
There were already the Qurchi and the Ghulams, but they were not powerful at that time.
- The Qurchi were composed mainly of Turks, they were divided into groups of a hundred led by Yüz-Bashi¹, themselves led by a Qurchi-Bashi, two Turkic title.
- The Ghulams were mainly composed of Georgians, but also Armenians and Circassians. They were led by a Qollar-Aghasi², also a Turkic title.
1: the word "bash" mean chief or head in Turkish, and "Yüz-Bashi" mean chief of hundred in Turkish.
2: the word "Agha" mean chief or elder brother in Turkish.
During the era of Shah Ismail and his successor, the state was ruled almost exclusively by Turks, the famous Qizilbashs. The state was known as "Dewlet-I Qizilbash" or "Saltanat-I Qizilbash"
Some Turkic clans that make up the Qizilbash confederacy: Ustadjlu (from Beydili tribe), Rumlu, Afshar(not all), Qajar (from Bayat tribe), Tekkelu, Shamlu(from Afshar tribe), Baharlu (from Yiva tribe), Qaramanlu, and others...
There were already the Qurchi and the Ghulams, but they were not powerful at that time.
- The Qurchi were composed mainly of Turks, they were divided into groups of a hundred led by Yüz-Bashi¹, themselves led by a Qurchi-Bashi, two Turkic title.
- The Ghulams were mainly composed of Georgians, but also Armenians and Circassians. They were led by a Qollar-Aghasi², also a Turkic title.
1: the word "bash" mean chief or head in Turkish, and "Yüz-Bashi" mean chief of hundred in Turkish.
2: the word "Agha" mean chief or elder brother in Turkish.
Yeah, but it’s exactly where Persian was so it’s really nitpicky
@@Napolitano-Lazo
The Safavid army had 375,000 soldiers, only 60,000 of them were Qizlbash, the rest were mostly Persians and Kurds
By the way, the Safavids are not a Persian dynasty, they are Turks.
They are Iranian turks regardless
@@shahfahad370 Turkic dynasty rules the Persians
No@@yousuf6382
@@yousuf6382 They werent foreigners ruling they were IRANIANS by their nationality their capital was in modern day Iran their official language was PERSIAN also they consider ottoman turks as enemies.Still today there are more turks in Iran than whole of Azerbaijan.
@@shahfahad370 Still today there are more "turks" in Iran than whole of Azerbaijan.👏
Shah ismail ❤
Safavid dnasty was not Persian
may you become one of Selim's vizier's. 😅🤣😂
He was never named Caliph in any recorded conversation or any document. Sultan Abdulhamid claimed the title Caliph and used this fake story about Selim to sell his claim. For hundreds of years between Selim and Abdulhamid, not a single Ottoman Sultan was named Caliph in any record.
FATIMID CALIPHATE
@@Hashashinofallamut Fatimids are not related to Ottomans, Fatimids are not Turks, they ruled from Egypt and were dethroned centuries before Ottomans came to power in Asia minor. What is your point here ? 😂
@@Idleo my point is the fatimids is the only last caliphate of islam.
But i dont know how salim(gay) called himself caliph of muslims.
@@Hashashinofallamut technically, the Abbasid caliphate continued for few hundred years as an honorary position but they ruled nothing out of Baghdad walls until its fall, then the dynasty continued to exist in Egypt and they kept the title but they were literally prisoners to Mamluks to be used as a justification of their rule in behalf of the Abbasids.
@@Hashashinofallamut Salim didnt call himself caliph. That’s what Im saying, not a single historian mentioned it until the 1900s. He didn’t call himself caliph when he sent messages to other rulers. No documents in Ottomans archive mentions Caliph as one of his titles when he was referred to in official documents. Nothing until Abdulhamid tried to claim the title to use it in 1st world war.
Azerbaycan
Iranian torpagi 🇮🇷🇮🇷
@@hamishegi9993 south Azerbaycan is in İran border yes
@@user-sb3yq5hi5p pokh yima.
@@hamishegi9993 i Accept İTS in the iranian soil so what ıs the problem?
@@user-sb3yq5hi5p Nia azerbijani danishmeysan??
Les safevides est une dynastie turc et no perse
یک سلسله ی کورد و ایرانی
Safavids are Turks not Persians.
Yes, Safavids are Turks.
During the era of Shah Ismail and his successor, the state was ruled almost exclusively by Turks, the famous Qizilbashs. The state was known as "Dewlet-I Qizilbash" or "Saltanat-I Qizilbash"
Some Turkic clans that make up the Qizilbash confederacy: Ustadjlu (from Beydili tribe), Rumlu, Afshar(not all), Qajar (from Bayat tribe), Tekkelu, Shamlu(from Afshar tribe), Baharlu (from Yiva tribe), Qaramanlu, and others...
There were already the Qurchi and the Ghulams, but they were not powerful at that time.
- The Qurchi were composed mainly of Turks, they were divided into groups of a hundred led by Yüz-Bashi¹, themselves led by a Qurchi-Bashi, two Turkic title.
- The Ghulams were mainly composed of Georgians, but also Armenians and Circassians. They were led by a Qollar-Aghasi², also a Turkic title.
1: the word "bash" mean chief or head in Turkish, and "Yüz-Bashi" mean chief of hundred in Turkish.
2: the word "Agha" mean chief or elder brother in Turkish.
You know it's funny i have a Qizibash family ancestry (but my family don't speak turkish because we were exiled 200years ago) ,and I always considered myself a Persian (Iranian) and im proud of it.
@@theheroickhan
read this part of the letter of Shah Abbas the Great to Pope Clement VIII carefully(Shah abbas wrote it in farsi and not even azari):
"... In the past, there was never a way back between the kings of Iran and the sultans of Farangistan, and they never got to know each other..."
✅ Despite being fully aware of the use of the name "Persia" for our country in Europe, Shah Abbas again used the ancient and thousands-year-old name "Iran" in his letter.
🔸 Also, Shah Abbas considers his royal position along the lines of the previous kings of Iran
🔸 Shah Abbas was clearly aware of the use of the name "Persia" for our country through the letters and envoys of the Pope as well as European governments.
🔸 The writing date of the letter is 1012 AH equal to 1603 AD.
The original letter is now kept in the Vatican Archives.
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@@RezaJalali-s2k These kind of things happen in time. Thats also a result of Selim's mistake.
Safavids Were Persianzied Kurds
It’s pronounced SafaVeeds not SafaWeeds. The letter V, not the letter W.
Safavid Turks🇦🇿🇦🇿Qızılbash
You really need to work on pronunciation. It really kills the video.
The Ottomans were NOT slave soldiers at all !!!
Ismail is not Persian. He is also Turkish
He was Kurdish From Father side and Greek Turkmen From Mother Side!!!
He had nothing to do with Turks
Yes was speaking Turkish
@@PatriotOfPersiaTurkmens were a Turkic people. Shah Ismail spoke a Turkic language and considered himself a Turk. Since his grandfather was a descendant of Uzun Hasan, he received the support of the Qizilbash and founded the Safavid state. Shah Ismail's father's mother was Uzun Hasan's sister and was a Turk.
@@Can-vl8sl
What the f k
Shah Ismail Mother was Uzan Hassan sister?
Mother of Shah Ismail Was Halimei Beygum/ Marta
She was Daughter Of Uzun Hassan 🇹🇲 and Destpina Bano 🇬🇷
So it makes her Half Greek and Half Turkman !!!
Shah Ismail also always introduced himself as Sayyid, which means the ancestor of Muhammad, and he said many times that his roots go to Imam Jafar Sadiq, which means the fifth Imam of Shiites!!! Although he was Kurdish and in the book "Safwat al Safa" written by Ibn Bazaz Ardabili, the origin of the family goes back to Firozshah Zarin Kolah with their family tree, and they are originally Kurds.
Ibn Bazaz Ardabili was also a Turkmen !!!
@@PatriotOfPersia I am not talking about Shah Ismail's mother. Shah Ismail's grandmother was the sister of Uzun Hasan. Ismail's grandfather Sheikh Junayd married Khadija Begum, the sister of Uzun Hasan. So Shah Ismail's father was also half Turk and half Kurd.
Ottoman empire is coming soon Insha Allah 😊😊😊😊
Safavids are Turkic not Persian
Kurdish and iranian empire.
@@hamishegi9993It was stupid at that time, the Kurds wanted to protect themselves from the Safavids by putting the Kurds on the borders and ensuring their own security, you did not have a state.😂
Safavid were not Persian they were Iranian Turks a.k.a. Azeri
Iranian Americans, Iranian Penguins, Iranian helicopter, Iranian Moon, Iranian Sun, Iranian God, Iranian Islam, Iranian spaghetti, anything left? 🤣
@@elespectador1887 Iran is a geographic name, Persian is an ethnic one. It's not that hard to understand.
@@hazorg16 Iran - land of Nazi Aryan people. One should be only blind not to see a strong claim for ethnic superiority in the name of "iran". wake up, baby!
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Safavids are not a Persian dynasty.Can you say Ottomans are Greek dynasty?They were Turks in almost every way while Ottoman Sultan's Poems were mostly in Persian,Arabian language Shah İsmaill was writing in Turkish.Geography not mean nationality.Oh and Mughals are not İndian too🤣.
Fr I'm from India
Mughals are Uzbeki Turks, descendants of Timur but they inbred with Indian women so they were part turkish
@@Telgdshhj Of course no one is pure
It was Brother Fighting against Brother because they were from a different sect of islam, the mamluks, safavids were all from the same tribe and background, nothing genius about cconnquering another muslim or persian Land and making it yours because you has a political standoff with another opponent or sultan of that empire. Not only cruelty was engaged within the ranks the ottomans killed their own family by fratricide so no younger brotherwould proceed the throne, it was pure selfishness and greed for power, or to make a single name in history. Todays Turks are much different then the ottomans of yesterday, ottomans fell knee deeop when they had their internal conflcts and struggle to hold onto power, other emnpires and countrys saw this weekness as an oppurtunity to finish off the ottoman empire both financially, politically, economically and trampede with a physical war. Im a Turk and proud of my country but not of the past.
Larger Safavid army? Is this a joke? How knowledgia does not know history? What kind of knowledge is this?
Can you take into consideration into making videos about the Mughal empire? or the Dehli sultanate or just other muslim based empires in India? Thanks
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1:00 close but no the safavids were a kurdish family not Persian but generally both iranic
Shah Ismail was a mixture of Turk, Greek and Kurd. It was not a Kurdish family. And the official language of the Safavid state was Persian, while the language of the palace and the army was Turkic.
@@Can-vl8sl
the safavid family was a kurdish family in the muslim world the line of the father is put first sure the sultans mother was a turkuman and his grandmother was Georgian and yes they spoke but that was because Persian because it was the language of the educated Muslims from china to eastern Europe in those days even the ottuman sultans mostly spoke Persian .
@@samankucher5117 Shah Ismail's grandmother was Greek, not Georgian. Ismail's father was half Turkmen and half Kurd.
@@samankucher5117 the official language of the Ottoman Empire was Turkish and the Ottoman Sultans spoke Turkish. They wrote poems only in Persian.
@@Can-vl8sl
yes and no from what i studied the official languages of the ottuman empire was the ottuman language (a mix of turkish Arabic and parsian ) people call that language turkish but it wasn't like modern day turkish.
they also used Arabic as a official language they had many vilaet (states/provinces ) and many didn't have any turks and were actually autonomous :)
You are soo wrong !! The Safavids were NOT a persian dynasty ! Didnt you do your homework well?