Selim put his brothers (Şehzade Ahmet and Şehzade Korkut) and nephews to death upon his accession. Selim ordered the exile of Bayezid to a distant " sanjak", Dimetoka (in the north-east of present-day Greece). This marked the first time that an Ottoman prince openly rebelled against his father with an army of his own. Selim commanded 30,000 men, whereas his father led 40,000. Angered by this announcement, Selim rebelled, and while he lost the first battle against his father's forces, Selim ultimately dethroned his father. Bayezid, who was reluctant to continue his rule over the empire, announced Ahmet as heir apparent to the throne. In 1510 he defeated the Safavids again in the Campaign of Trabzon.īy 1512 Şehzade Ahmet was the favorite candidate to succeed his father. The following year he invaded the Caucasus, he subdued western Georgia, brought Imereti and Guria under Ottoman domination and seized a large number of slaves. In 1507 he defeated the Safavids again in the Battle of Erzincan, after Shah Ismail marched through Ottoman lands to attack the Dulkadirids Selim attacked Erzincan and defeated a Safavid army sent against him by Shah Ismail. Selim defeated a Safavid army in 1505, when Shah Ismail’s brother led a 3,000-strong Safavid army against Selim, Selim routed the army, massacred many and seized their arms and munitions. Reign Governor of Trabzon ĭuring his reign as governor of Trabzon Selim had earned a great reputation among his military men for his confrontations with the Safavids, slave raids and campaign in the Caucasus against Georgia. Some academics state that Selim's mother was a lady named Gülbahar, while chronological analysis suggests that his biological mother's name could also have been Ayşe Hatun. His mother was Gülbahar Hatun, a Turkish princess from the Dulkadir State centered around Elbistan in Maraş her father was Alaüddevle Bozkurt Bey, the eleventh ruler of the Dulkadirs. 2.3.2 Syria, Palestine, Egypt and the Arabian Peninsulaīorn in Amasya around 1470, Selim was the youngest son of Şehzade Bayezid (later Bayezid II).
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