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The Qizilbash's conviction broke when cannon shattered their charge at Chaldiran
A teenage shah backed by Qizilbash fanaticism faces an Ottoman army with cannon on the plain of Chaldiran - whose faith and tactics will hold?
The Qizilbash's conviction broke when cannon shattered their charge at Chaldiran
In this episode, we follow the rise of a movement that turned a Sufi lodge into a state and made a teenager's coins into a national creed. We trace how the Safaviyya's spiritual authority became military power, and what happened when that sacred loyalty met Ottoman firepower at Chaldiran.
Person: Ismail the First
Event: Battle of Chaldiran
Date: 1514 (summer)
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