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Born in Amasys, Selim was nickenamed Yavaz "the Stern", but often rendered in English as "The Grim" was the sultan Ottoman Empire
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By most accounts, Selim had a fiery temper and had very high expectations of his subordinates. Several of his viziers were executed for various reasons.
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Growing tension between himself and Shah Ismail who had recently brought the safavids to power and switched the state religion from Sunni to Shah Ismail.
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Selim put his brothers (Sehzade Ahmet and Sehzade Karkut) and newphews to death upon the accesion in order to eliminate potential pretneders to the throne.
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Selim dethroned his father in 1512. His fathers death falled immediatley afterwards.
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Selim entered the iranian capital of Tabriz but did not linger. A munity among his toops fearing a counter attack forced the ottmans to with draw.
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One of Selim's first acts as Sultan was to invade Persia with 60, 000 men, both to deal with the biggest threat to the Ottoman empire and to stamp out the ‘heresy’ of the Shiʿite Persians. In the summer of 1515, he defeated a 50, 000 strong Persian army at the battle of Chaldrian and was able to seize the capital of Shah Ismail at Tabriz in September. Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/selim-i#ixzz29hYkqCJ3
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From approximatley 1514 to 1517, Sultan Selim I took control of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Arabia- the original heartland of Islam. Contolling several of the holy cities of Islam, including Jerusalem, Makkah, and Madinah, Sselim declared himself to be the new capital, defender of the faith and successor to Muhammad.
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Like their predecessors, the ottams were muslims. Where possible, they perferred to administer their conquered regions through local rulers.
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After his return from his Egyptian campaign, Selim began to prepare for an expedition which is believed to be against Hungary. This campaign was cut short when he was overwhelmed by sickness and subsequently died in the ninth year of his reign. He was about fifty-five years of age. It is said that Selim succumbed to sirpence, a skin infection which he developed during his long campaigns on horseback.
