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Safavid Iran decades earlier, but was not able to hold them for long. The sentiment for war was once again fueled by the fact that the Uzbeks had made an appeal to the Ottomans to make a combined attack from two fronts, as well as the Ottoman clergy that pushed the sultan to step us as the
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during several stages of the war, eventually becoming geo-politically and military relatively stable for several years with both parties losing and winning smaller battles till around 1580. It eventually had a turning point following the
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rightful defender of the Sunni's in the
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was constantly urging against another war, but was overridden by the Sultan. The sultan however, pushed by the pro-war activists, decided to start the attack. Following Shah
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being assassinated on 10 December 1587. With their deaths, the war efforts of the Safavids deteriorated even more.
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535:Tbilisi
530:Derbent
525:Shirvan
458:Unknown
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110:Georgia
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1046:Notes
74:North
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