How Selim I doubled the size of the Ottoman Empire | History of the Ottoman Empire under Selim I

How Selim I doubled the size of the Ottoman Empire? - History of the Ottomans under Selim I

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[Knowledgia]

Dive into our episodes about the great ottoman rulers. In the past we covered videos about Mehmed II & Suleiman I. Now it's about Selim I and his legacy! He managed to defeat both Safavids and Mamluks, making the Ottomans the biggest Muslim Power in the World.

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[benimtelefoncaliyordk]

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

[akshatparag]

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%.

[arjenh]

Selim: conquers everything
Dulkadir: if we stay silent, he may go away

[benimtelefoncaliyordk]

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.

[cubbelicommando]

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.

[AltaicGigachad]

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”

[cubbelicommando]

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 .

[artificialpotential]

7:44 Selim 1 didn't fight with the Suleiman The Magnificent, Suleiman is his son. He fought with Kansu Gavri

[tahak.]

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.

[bohohohohoyt]

By the middle of the 16th century, the Turks arguably possessed the greatest empire in the world.

[Nashkelov]

Safavids aren’t Persian, they are Turkic

[CARL_]

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.

[akpl]

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.

[IronFromNW]

*Love the correct pronunciation of the Safavids!*

[AbuzerKadayif]

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

[Uzair_Of_Babylon]

Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍

[sapphyrus]

Paradox hates this one man who utterly breaks their war score system.

[AltaicGigachad]

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.

[freddiemercury]

Conquering land is the easy part, hanging on to them is the hard part.