When Selim started his march east, the Safavids were invaded in the east by the Uzbek state recently brought to prominence by Abu'I-Fath Muhammad, who had fallen in battle against Isma'il only a few years before.
The Safavids were invaded in the east by the Uzbek state. This east by the Uzbek state was recently brought to prominence by Abu'I-Fath Muhammad. Selim started his march east. Fath Muhammad had fallen in battle against Isma'il only a few years before.