History of Islam Vol 3 of 3 by Akbar Shah Najeebabadi

448 The History of Islam
people there by propagating the Shia faith. Bayazid's government
failed to put a check on those hostile activities. Moreover, his two
sons ruling at that time in Asia Minor took no serious notice of these
impending dangers. However, Salim, the ruler of Trabzon was fully
conscious of Ismail Safwi's intriguing activities- and he never
allowed his secret plans to bear fruit. Ismail Safwi had already
captured a few border areas during the reign of Bayazid II, and
when his Ottoman Governors failed to restore those territories
Bayazid paid no heed to the problem.
When Sultan
Salim became involved in dealing with his brothers and
rr Sn^ r
SafW1 WaS watchin s the developments not only with
After doing
away with his brothers, he first of all
secret service in Asia Minor and ordered M. ' “V* a lar ge-scale
comprehensive list of those who haH
.
a 8 ents to prepare a
teachings of Ismail Shii,es Safwi and
by **»
werereadWol *
their leader. When the list was mm l* Y d°Wn their Uves for
i .
^W&S that Asia Minor had
shocked to seventy thou«
^°w
**
fight SUCh
against the
men Ottoman
who were ready kina to
his 50011
attack
aS Ismail
on the
Sa^i would launch
and rose very
how' -covered himself
of
e alt, he
th,s^mingly sent adverse
.
troops L situation. First
ua l
handing t0 over
the tTaitors the
and rebels, Ust^f and
d,s
officers of each °yaI P« rsons to the area to tell
commanding
kill one rebel at the appointed^*
COmmand to
not to disclose the pUn beforehand ^ ^ Were als° en) oined
8iVCT
forth