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| | Notes et documents sur les Ottomans, les Safavides et la Géorgie, 1516-1521 |
 | | It is dealing with the crisis which, as from the end of 1515 opposed two pretenders to the succession of atabeg Mzé-Châbûk, prince of Samtzkhé-Saatabago (the southernmost Georgian State), tributary of the Ottoman Porte. |
 | | It is probable, however, that the Safavid suzerainty claimed too heavy a tribute from the principality, so that Kvarkvaré approached the Ottomans early in 1521, offering to place himself under their protection and to turn against Shâh Isma'il. |
 | | However, Selim had died the year before and his son and successor Süleymân, unlike his father, decided to withdraw progressively from the oriental front to concentrate his military efforts in the Balkans, so that the advances of Kvarkvaré remained without a reply. |
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