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I've been researching for my TL, and came across a little snippet on Wikipedia that shocked me a bit. In 1514, Selim's army (moving east to invade the Safavid Empire) was moving through harsh terrain, where it was cut off from supply lines. The men became incredibly discontented by this, so much so that the Janissaries even fired their muskets at the Sultan's tent at one point. When Selim learned of the Safavid army forming at Chaldiran, he quickly moved to engage Isma'il in part to stifle the discontent of his army.

My curiosity lies in what happens if Selim is in fact killed in his tent by a severely discontented Janissary guard? What are the effects on history? Does his son, the mighty Suleiman 'the Magnificent' still come to power?
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