Selim I

The 9th sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Reigning from 1512 to 1520, he is also known as "Yavuz Selim" (Selim the Grim/the Grim). Ascending the throne by usurping power from his father Bayezid II, he dramatically expanded the empire's territory through the Battle of Chaldiran against the Safavid Dynasty and wars with the Mamluk Sultanate. Between 1516 and 1517, he conquered Syria, Palestine, and Egypt, gaining influence over holy sites including Mecca and Medina. This transformed the Ottoman Empire into a major power in the Islamic world, laying the foundation for even greater prosperity during the reign of his successor, Suleiman I.

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Year	Selim I
1470	Birth of Selim I (Period: October 10, 1470, Location: Amasya, Republic of Turkey)
1487	Appointment to Governor of Trebizond (Age: 16 years old, Period: 1487, Location: Trebizond (modern Trabzon, Republic of Turkey))
1500	Escalation of Military Conflict with the Safavid Dynasty (Age: 29 years old, Period: Early 1500s – 1514, Location: Eastern Anatolia, Trebizond, western Iran)
1505	Ottoman-Safavid War (Age: 34 years old, Period: Combat centered around 1505–1514, Location: Eastern Anatolia, around Trebizond, Erzincan, western Iran, etc.)
1508	Ottoman-Georgian War (Age: 37 years old, Period: 1508 and around that time, Location: Western Georgia, around Imereti and Guria)
1509	Ottoman Civil War (Age: 38 years old, Period: 1509–1513, Location: Thrace, Anatolian Peninsula, etc., various parts of the Ottoman Empire)
1512	Territorial Expansion of the Ottoman Empire and Shift in Political Center of Gravity (Age: 41 years old, Period: 1512–1520, Location: Balkan Peninsula, Anatolia, Syria, Egypt, Hejaz region) Accession of Selim I (Age: 41 years old, Period: April 24, 1512, Location: Capital of the Ottoman Empire, Istanbul)
1514	Battle of Chaldiran (Age: 43 years old, Period: August 23, 1514, Location: Chaldiran (northwestern Iran))
1515	Conquest of the Dulkadir Beylik (Age: 44 years old, Period: 1515, Location: Southeastern Anatolia (around Kahramanmaraş, Republic of Turkey, etc.))
1516	Conquest of Syria and Egypt (Age: 45 years old, Period: 1516–1517, Location: Syria, Palestine, Egypt) Battle of Marj Dabiq (Age: 45 years old, Period: August 24, 1516, Location: Near Aleppo, northern Syria)
1517	Capture of Cairo (Age: 46 years old, Period: Late January 1517, Location: Cairo, Egypt) Expansion of Dominion to Islamic Holy Sites (Age: 46 years old, Period: After 1517, Location: Mecca, Medina, Hejaz region) Battle of Ridaniya (Age: 46 years old, Period: January 22, 1517, Location: Ridaniya, near Cairo, Egypt)
1520	Death of Selim I (Age: 49 years old, Period: September 22, 1520. Died near Çorlu in present-day Tekirdağ Province, Republic of Turkey.)
Unknown	Marriage (Selim I, Hafsa Hatun, Period: Thought to be around the late 15th century, but exact date is unknown, Location: Exact location unknown. Considered to be related to Trebizond or the Ottoman court) Marriage (Selim I, Ayşe Hatun, Period: Thought to be late 15th to early 16th century, but details are unknown, Location: Exact location unknown)

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Group	List
Ottoman Empire	Mehmed II Bayezid II Selim I Suleiman I Selim II Murad III Mehmed III Ahmed I Murad IV Mehmed IV Mustafa II Ahmed III
Safavid dynasty	Suleiman I Abbas I Shah Ismail I Tahmasp I Ismail II Safi I Abbas II Sultan Hossein Nader Shah
Trade and Diplomacy	Piri Reis Hayreddin Pasha Turgut Reis Aruj Reis Abbas I Anthony Shirley Robert Shirley Jean Chardin Pietro della Valle William Baffin

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