Battle of Merv
Shah Ismail turns Shaybani Khan's skull into a golden cup
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On 2 December 1510 the Safavid shah Ismail I lured Muhammad Shaybani's army into an ambush near Merv; the khan was killed and Khurasan passed to Iran. Contemporaries say the shah had his rival's skull set in gold and drank from it at feasts.
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