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Şahkulu rebellion

Years: 1511 - 1512

The Şahkulu rebellion (April 9, 1511 – July 2, 1511) is a widespread pro-Shia and pro-Safavid uprising in Anatolia, directed against the Ottoman Empire, in 1511.

It begins among the Turkmen tribes of the Taurus mountains, before spreading to a wide variety of disgruntled groups.

It is named after the leader of the rebels, Şahkulu.

His death in battle also meand the end of the uprising

"If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development."

— Aristotle, Politics, Book I, Chapter 2