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	Battle of Chaldiran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Chaldiran (also Chaldoran or Çaldiran) occurred on 23 August 1514 and ended with a decisive victory for the Ottoman Empire over the Safavids.
		The Battle of Chaldiran demonstrated that firearms were a decisive factor in warfare.
		That consideration would be a major factor in the decision to move the Safavid capital to Qazvin, in the mid-16th century, and finally to Isfahan, in central Persia, in 1598.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Chaldiran (395 words)

	Ottoman Empire History Encyclopedia - Letter C(h) \| Learn Ottoman Turkish History \| Pictures \| Sound files \| Voice ...
		The most significant outcome of the Battle of Chaldiran, however, was the subsequent incorporation into the Ottoman state of the Kurdish principalities in eastern Anatolia and the Turkmen principality of Dulkadir in the Maras-Elbistan region (1515).
		The 'momentous' battle in 1514 between the Shiite Persian forces of Şah Ismail and the Sunni Ottoman forces of Sultan Selim I.
		Selim I deployed his army on the Plains of Chaldiran in front of the Persians, protected by a screen of irregular cavalry and infantry.
	www.practicalturkish.com /encyclopedia-ch.html (1538 words)

	battle of chaldiran - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		The Battle of Chaldiran was a military conflict that occurred on 23 August 1514 and ended with a decisive military victory of the Ottoman Empire over the Safavids.
		As a result the Ottomans gained control over the eastern half of Anatolia.
		Shah Ismail I of Iran was wounded and almost captured in the battle.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Chaldiran (80 words)

	The Islamic World to 1600: The Rise of the Great Islamic Empires (The Safavid Empire)
		The Ottoman army, en route to battle the Safavids, arrived at the Plains of Chaldiran in August, 1514.
		Ismail's father and grandfather had both been killed in battle, and he invoked that fact in persuading his people that he was still a capable and divine leader, despite the defeat at Chaldiran.
		The Battle of Chaldiran did convince the Safavids that artillery would be a sound investment, however, particularly with the constant Ottoman threat on the northwest Persian frontier.
	ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/islam/empires/safavid/chaldiran.html (721 words)

	Bastak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After the Battle of Chaldiran the Safavids lost to the Ottoman Turks and the Sunnis in the south and on the coasts of the Gulf descended from the mountains to begin a new life in the land they named "Bastak", meaning barrier or backstop.
		It is said that the Omani leader(s) assigned the Abbasides as the defacto rulers when he would go on military missions to expand his rule or defend it against Shiite attacks.
		The Omani fighter/leader died in one of the battles and Abbasids became the rulers and carried on the expansion of Bastak's rule.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bastak (608 words)

	Lecture 8
		Campaign against Safavids of Iran (Shah Ismail) culminates in victory at Battle of Chaldiran (23 August 1514).
		Battle of Marj dabik (24 August 1516) near Aleppo routs Mamluk army, kills Mamluk sultan.
		Battle of Ridaniye near Cairo (22 January 1517)-remnants of Mamluk army defeated, Ottomans occupy Egypt, Arabia.
	www.sscnet.ucla.edu /history/shaw/classes/111a/98F/lec8.htm (1075 words)

	Military History Podcast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Battle of Chaldiran was fought in northwestern Persia in 1514.
		It was fought between the Ottomans (dominant Sunni Muslims from Turkey) and the Safavids (inexperienced Shiite Muslims from Persia).
		After this battle, the Ottomans experienced a short period of growth, followed by centuries of decline.
	geo47.libsyn.com /index.php?post_id=41889 (139 words)

	« Tajlu Khanum: Was She Captured by the Ottomans at the Battle of Chaldiran? », in : Éva M. Jeremiás, ed., ...
		« Tajlu Khanum: Was She Captured by the Ottomans at the Battle of Chaldiran? », in : Éva M. Jeremiás, ed., Irano-Turkic Cultural Contacts in the 11th ?
		One of the noteworthy aspects of the battle of Chaldiran (1514) is that women fought in it alongside men and that, following the Iranian defeat, no less than Tajlu Khanom, Shah Isma?il?s wife, supposedly was among the prisoners taken by the Turks.
		Savory, Roger, « Tajlu Khanum: Was She Captured by the Ottomans at the Battle of Chaldiran? », in : Éva M. Jeremiás, ed., Irano-Turkic Cultural Contacts in the 11th ?
	abstractairanica.revues.org /document2831.html (239 words)

	Ottoman/Safavi Foreign Affairs 16th century
		This battle established a period of overwhelming Military superiority for the Ottoman over the Safavi.
		This gave the Ottoman the control of the high plateau of Eastern Anatolia which gave the Ottoman a naturally defensible eastern border.
		After Chaldiran Persia focused more on China and India as trading partners.2.
	www.spongobongo.com /ottoPers.htm (398 words)

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	Today in History August 23 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		406 Aug 23, At the Battle at Florence the Roman army under Stilicho beat the Barbarians under Radagaisus.
		1514 Aug 23, Selim I (the Grim), Ottoman Sultan, routed a Persian army in the Battle of Chaldiran.
		From Aug. to Feb. 1943, The Battle of Stalingrad, 600 miles southeast of Moscow, was fought and ended with the encirclement and destruction of the German 6th Army Group.
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		It was named after the former prime minister who had done much to make Budapest a true metr (latitude/longitude)
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