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After the Ottoman victory over the Safavids in the Battle of Chaldiran, why didn't the Ottomans continue expanding their empire into Iran? What became of Shah Ismail's two wives that were captured by Sultan Selim?

by /u/RunRunDie in /r/AskHistorians

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