So in this Episode we find Selim after disposing his father. The first part of the show we shall discuss how the new Sultan dealt with his brothers who after initially reluctantly accepting Salim on the thrown, quickly had a change of thought and felt it as them and not him who should rule the empire. But (spoilers) after defeating his brothers and securing his place as the sole ruler of the Ottoman lands Selim could now focus on the new Islamic Empire to the East, the Safavids. This Shi'i power had been building in power and influence in the east and shi'i believers had been growing within in the Ottoman empire itself. the reluctance of Bayezid II to directly confront the Safavids was a primary reason Selim felt the need to dispose his father. The episode ends with the much anticipated confrontation between Sultan Selim I and his Ottoman forces against Ismail I and his Persian forces.
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