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Shah Ismail moves against the Uzbeks in…
Shah Ismail moves against the Uzbeks in 1510.
In battle near the city of Merv, some seventeen thousand Qizilbash warriors ambush and defeat a superior Uzbek force numbering twenty-eight thousand.
The Uzbek ruler, Muhammad Shaybani, is caught and killed trying to escape the battle and the shah has his skull made into a jeweled drinking goblet.
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The Great Crossroads
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Central Asia
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Central Asia
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