MMW 13 Chapter Notes - Chapter Article Notes: Selim I
17 Apr 2017
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Mmw 13 textbook notes sunni versus shi"ite: we exhort you to embrace the true. Faith & the safavid shi"ite empire of persia & shah abbas the great. Sunni versus shi"ite: we exhort you to embrace the true faith. From ottoman ruler selim i to safavid isma"il i. Isma"il went into ottoman empire and demanded that people convert to shi"ism: selim is a sunni. Brags about who he is and the prestige of the ottoman empire. Shi"ism is an illegitimate form of islam that promotes violence and destruction, and also goes against the quran. Everyone in the ottoman empire wants you to be dead. If you just take back what you said and become a sunni we won"t attack you: we wrote this letter to offer you a chance. Openly invited europeans into the empire to trade and try to convert the muslims. Accounts written by fathers simon and vincent in the capital of isfahan in 1605.
