How an Afghan tribal leader took on two of the most powerful empires in the world and won independence for Afghanistan. The pivotal legacy of the Battle of Chaldiran still reverberates 500 years ...

Selim was a Sunni Muslim, and thus the entire Ottoman Empire would need to follow suit. Once again, Selim’s old nemesis the Safavid Shah Ismail had been at work, converting areas to Shia Islam.

Saleem Qamar Butt ...