The history of the Turkic world is truly glorious and magnificent, but I wish history had been to the benefit of our Turkic identity back then:
- In the early 18th century, when Peter the Great wanted to include the Ottomans in his Caucasus plans, the Ottoman Sultan refused to form an alliance against the Safavid Empire, saying, "There is nothing to be gained from division; the Safavid lands are a Muslim heritage."
- The new Safavid ambassador to the Ottomans, Rzaqulu Khan, was from Damascus. When he arrived and reported that the Afghan Khotakis had been driven out near Isfahan, he was greeted with enthusiasm and great favor in Istanbul. And the Afshar Emperor Nadir Khan the Conqueror always valued relations with the Ottomans.
- Another Ottoman letter to Russia clearly states that some regions belonged to Sultan Mahmud, and others to Nadir Khan the Conqueror; therefore, Russia should not interfere even in Safavid internal affairs.
(Book: Eyvaz Zeynalov, Şahbaz Xuduoğlu, Nadir Şah, Baku, Kanun Publishing, 2025)
u/AzerbaijanLeon — 10 days ago