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Group: Smyrna, (Ionian) city-state of
People: Shalmaneser II

Ismail, having started with just the possession …

Years: 1502 - 1502

Ismail, having started with just the possession of Azerbaijan, Shirvan, southern Dagestan (with its important city of Derbent), and Armenia in 1501, takes the title of "Shah of Iran" after defeating a Aq Qoyunlu army in 1502.

In the same year, he gains possession of Erzincan and …