Chess game between the Ottoman sultan and the Safavid rulers
I will talk about a chess game between yavuz sultan selim and shah ismail
When Yavuz Sultan Selim was still a prince in Trabzon, he saw the Safavid state, the owner of today's Iranian lands to the east of the Ottoman Empire, as a threat and constantly warned the Ottoman capital. However, the sultan of the time, Beyazid II, was a more peaceful leader than his son Yavuz, who would later become sultan.
According to a legend, Prince Yavuz Sultan Selim embarked on a long journey to the capital city of Tabriz in order to get to know Shah Ismail better and to learn about the situation in the Persian lands. Shah Ismail, the Safavid ruler, was very skillful at chess and his fame spread far and wide. No one has yet defeated him, or dared to do so out of fear of him. But Yavuz was as keen on chess as the Shah. After gathering enough information in the Persian land, Prince Yavuz arrived at the door of the Shah's palace and expressed his desire to play chess with the Shah. The news is given inside and the Shah wants to play chess with an unknown dervish. The Shah asked the dervish who appeared before him;
- Dervish father... From where do you come and where do you go? He asks. Then Yavuz answers in his dialect.
- I come from Qazvin, I have come to see the blessed image of my shah.
- What's on the roads, what's on the tracks?
-Thanks to the great patronage of my Shah, there is safety, peace and tranquility in every land and all your servants are safe and sound.
- These answers pleased the Shah, and if you wish to play chess with me, come to my side!
Yavuz intentionally loses to the Shah in the first game. But in the second game he mates the Shah
- Bre Serseri Derviş, do those who are kings ever become mates? Tutalum, you have no manners, don't you know how to obey the sultans? He lashed out. Yavuz replied coldly.
-Shah, I would not have done so if I had known about the collusion beforehand.
After these words, Shah Ismail became very angry and slapped Yavuz. Then, thinking that he was a half-witted dervish, he gave him a bag of gold and ordered him to leave his presence. Before leaving his presence, Yavuz, disguised as a dervish, utters the famous couplet:
Don't think, my shah, that everyone will be your faithful companion
Do you think everyone is your friend, maybe they will be your friend?
Faithful perhaps he will become a lover in this world
Yâr becomes ağyâr becomes dildâr becomes serdâr
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resources for information Kahraman, A. İ. (2023, August 18). Yavuz Sultan Selim ve Şah İsmail’in Satranç Hikayesi. https://www.typelish.com/b/yavuz-sultan-selim-ve-sah-ismailin-satranc-hikayesi-107629
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