Sultan Selim Khan the First

Author: Oğuz Tiryaki Oğuz Translation: Mustafa Hamza Number of pages: 264 pages Publisher: Dar Al-Arabia Lil-Ilm Nashiroun Shahzadeh Salim, who inherited from his grandfather Al-Fateh the qualities of the nine brave heroes... and accurately understood the international situation, and aimed to bring the Ottoman Empire to the peak of its power... so he forced his father to abdicate the throne... and killed everyone who stood in the way of his noble project, even if they were his brother or closest friends... relying on: legitimate justifications, and decisions that knew no hesitation... he is the sultan who insisted on achieving three major goals: "The first; crushing the Safavid state, and completely eradicating it from the face of the earth. The second; demonstrating the strength and bravery of Muslims in Europe. And the third; seizing maritime trade routes, freeing them from Portuguese and Spanish control, and dominating them..." so he was the sultan whom history immortalized with his great achievements during his short reign.