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What would have happened if the Safavids had defeated the Ottomans in 1514 (perhaps the Safavids somehow ge hold of some artillery or the Ottoman cannon aren't as effective)? Could they have eventually taken Constantinople and established themselves as the pre-eminent Muslim power?

Presumably this would also mean that Shia Islam, as opposed to Sunni, was the more dominant - what effect would this have?
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