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qizilbashism, the Safavid disciples of the region felt so pleased that in a couple of days<br />

more than twenty thousand qizilbash fighters gathered about him.<br />

Anatolı cānibinde Sultan Ahmedin muktezā-yı idrāk-i dūni ve müsted’āyı ‘akl-ı<br />

zebūnı üzre gördü ki, serīr-i sa’ādet-pezīr-i hākānī vücūd-ı mevdūd-ı sultānī birle<br />

ārāste oldı. Lā-büdd yanında olan dūnler tedbir ve tedārik eylediler ki, ol<br />

cevānibde olan asker ve sipāhi zarūrī der-i padişahlarına mūti’ ve münkād<br />

olurlar. Bu vilāyetlerde kızılbaş tāyifesine nihayet yok, oğullarından birisini<br />

kızılbaş idelüm, tāc-ı Şāhī giysün, az zamanda üzerine vāfir kızılbaş cem’ olur.<br />

Hazır sipāh u cünūddur. Anlar ile Sultan Selim’e mukabil oluruz deyū tedārik<br />

idüb ana binā’en evlād-ı kirāmından büyük oğlı Sultan Murad’ı bu husus içun<br />

kasdile kızılbaş tāyifesine mütāba’at ve inkıyād itdürüb, başına tāc-ı surh giyüb<br />

āyin-i Đslamı terk itdürdüler. Ol tāyife hürrem-i şād olub evvelden ‘ale’l-hufye<br />

ālāt ü esbāb ve kārzārları hāzır idi, hemān hurūc idüb Sultan Murad üzerine<br />

ictimā’ eylediler. Birkaç gün içinde üzerine yiğirmi binden ziyāde müsellah<br />

āhen-pūş ve div-huruş evbaşlar cem’ oldı. 1610<br />

However, not everything went according to the will and the plan of Ahmed. The<br />

qizilbashes gathered around Murad committed so many injustices and outrages against<br />

the people that there appeared to be the danger of Ahmed losing the popular support<br />

against Selim. Then, he ordered Murad to rid himself of these qizilbashes. But Murad<br />

was no longer a sincere follower of his father. 1611 Rather he consulted with a certain<br />

Kara Iskender, one of the leading qizilbash khalifas in the region, who was in his suit.<br />

Kara Iskender expressed the view that the people would follow those leaders who held<br />

power of which Sultan Ahmed no longer had any hope. Therefore, it was only Ismail<br />

that the people could turn for refuge. 1612<br />

Within this unexpected situation, Ahmed was not sure about what to do. But<br />

qizilbashes continued to tyrannize and plunder the local people in the Province of Rum,<br />

especially Sunni population, who demanded help from Ahmed.<br />

1610 CLZ, p. 166.<br />

1611 Selim-nāme, p. 210.<br />

1612 Selim-nāme, p. 210.<br />

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