Ottoman-Mamluk War of 1516-1517 DOCUMENTARY

Show notes! 1. "That made the war inevitable" t-shirts: bit.ly/2S9bxMX 2. The beyliks in Anatolia are a big, fat, never-going-away problem. Multiple sources describe their history and diplomatic relations with the Ottomans, Mamluks, and Safavids differently, so I am happy we don't need to deal with them anymore. 3. In general, sources for this period are a mess. For instance, Iranian and Azerbaijani sources claim that Qara xan won a battle against the Ottomans in the Eastern Anatolia, the Turkish sources claim that the Ottomans won it, while the Arab sources assert that Ismail didn't send anyone to help the Mamluks. One of the sources even claims that the Ottomans and the Safavids signed a peace treaty in 1515, while others vehemently reject that idea and assert that the war continued until 1555. 4. The same goes for the battles of the Ottoman-Mamluk War. They are a mess - numbers, tactics, details. 5. I wonder if there is an interest for an episode on the Safavid-Portuguese war, which was happening simultaneously.

The Ottoman Sultan must've been hacking.. you can't annex the Mamluks instantly because it costs too much warscore!

When Selim The Stern died Pope said “The Lion is dead The Sheep is on the throne” but there was a bigger problem because “Sheep” was Suleiman The Magnificent

Ottomans double their territory and gain access to valuable trade routes through Egypt and Syria, large urban centres, a larger tax base as well as the fertile valley of the Nile Hungary: fuk

European "BEST ARMOR" Mamluk "BEST HORSEMEN" OTTOMAN "The cannon Goes Skrrrrrra papakaka, Skidikipappap and the gun Bumbumbum"

Selim must be the first guy to kill an envoy and survive in this channel

We need a "The sources are conflicting" t-shirt as well.

Sultan Selim I really underrated. He is genius military war machine.

Selim lived only 8 years for Ottoman Sultane. He died at 50 years old. 42 to 50 a lot of victories

Everyone knows about Suleiman the Magnificent but his father Selim the Grim is the real BADASS !!!

400% O V E R E X T E N S I O N

A carpet is large enough to accommodate two Sufis, but the world is not large enough for two kings. Sultan Selim

Can you make a video about "Barbarossa" Hayreddin Pasha? He started as a pirate with his brothers, took almost all North Africa and gifted to the sultan and became the governor and Admiral of Ottoman Navy (which was the only time Ottomans were actually powerful at sea) Or better yet make a video about him and his biggest rival Italian Andrea Doria. They were the greatest sailors and admirals of their times and their rivalry literally shaped history

Europe and Iran: "Oh thank god Selim's gone" Suleiman: Oh you poor sweet summer children

"We gained Egypt but we lost Sinan" - Sultan Selim after Sinan Pasha's death at Battle of Ridaniyyah

When Selim I conquered the Mamluk Sultanate he acquired the title The Ruler of The Two Holy Cities (Mecca and Medina; Islam's holy cities) but he humbly changed it into The Servant of The Two Holy Cities .

Suleiman the Magnificient owes his success to his father Selim.

Mamluks: Ok our horsemen are strong, we should be able to defeat the Ottomans Ottoman artillery: Hold on mate

Sultan Selim is probably my favorite of the Ottoman Sultans. By conquering the Mamluks, he managed to turn the Ottomans from a great power to a super power. Its also of note that, 4 centuries after his conquest, a ship would be named after him which would change middle east and world politics forever: The German battle-cruiser Goeben, escaping allied patrols in the Mediterranean, was given over to the Ottomans and renamed the Yavuz Sultan Selim; this would lead to the Ottomans joining the central powers in ww1, leading to the death knell of the empire and the redrawing of the map of the middle east.

Main reason behind the fall of Ottomans was inconsistent and unskilled sultans who took the throne in 18-19th centuries. Mehmed II the Conqueror, Selim I the Grim and his son Suleiman I the Magnificent were ahead of their times. They were great rulers with a high battlefield control. It was unlucky that Ottomans couldn't have a sultan as skilled as these ones. Sad.