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  2. List of Safavid monarchs - Wikipedia

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    Asylum of Humayun Shah and Şehzade Bayezid to the court of Iran. Change the capital of safavid dynasty from Tabriz to Qazvin [3] [4] Ismail II اسماعیل دوم: Abu’l Muzaffar Shah Ismail II al-Husayni al-Musavi al-Safavi Bahadur Khan ابوالمظفر شاه اسمعیل ثانی الحسینی الموسوی الصفوی بهادر ...

  3. Safavid dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The Safavid Shāh Ismā'īl I established the Twelver denomination of Shīʿa Islam as the official religion of the Persian Empire, marking one of the most important turning points in the history of Islam. [5] The Safavid dynasty had its origin in the Safavid order of Sufism, which was established in the city of Ardabil in the Iranian ...

  4. Safavid Iran - Wikipedia

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    The Guarded Domains of Iran, [e] commonly called Safavid Iran, Safavid Persia [f] or the Safavid Empire, [g] was one of the largest and longest-lasting Iranian empires. It was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty .

  5. List of monarchs of Iran - Wikipedia

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    Safavid dynasty (1501–1736) Shah, Sultan, Kagan-i Suleyman shan, Pādišah-ī Īrān: Ismail I: 17 July 1487 son of Sultan Heidar grandson of Uzun Hasan from mother lineage 22 December 1501 – 23 May 1524 23 May 1524 Shah, Sahib-i-Qiran, Kagan-i Suleyman shan: Tahmasp I: 22 February 1514 son of Ismail I: 23 May 1524 – 25 May 1576 25 May ...

  6. Tahmasp I's campaigns in Kartili and Kakheti - Wikipedia

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    Shah Ismail's maternal grandfather, Uzun Hasan of the Aq Qoyunlu, conducted major campaigns into Georgia on three occasions—1458, 1461, and 1476. [10] Shah Ismail himself, even after the defeat at the Battle of Chaldiran, sent armies into Georgian territories. Several reasons contributed to these frequent campaigns, with the primary one being ...

  7. Tahmasp I - Wikipedia

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    Tahmasp is the only Safavid monarch to have recorded his memories, known as Tazkera-ye Shah Tahmasb. [92] On the shah's behalf, Abdi Beg Shirazi , a secretary-accountant in the royal chancellery, wrote a world history named Takmelat al-akhbar , which he dedicated it to Pari Khan Khanum, Tahmasp's daughter.

  8. Siege of Isfahan - Wikipedia

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    Ill-organized Safavid efforts to relieve the siege failed and the shah's disillusioned Georgian vassal, Vakhtang VI of Kartli, refused to come to the Safavids' aid. Shah Husayn's son, Tahmasp, and some 600 soldiers fled their way out of the city in order to release a relief army. However, after 8 months famine prevailed and the shah capitulated ...

  9. Suleiman I of Persia - Wikipedia

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    Suleiman I (Persian: شاه سلیمان, romanized: Shah Solayman; born Sam Mirza, February or March 1648 – 29 July 1694) was the eighth Shah of Safavid Iran from 1666 to 1694. He was the eldest son of Abbas II and his concubine, Nakihat Khanum. Born as Sam Mirza, Suleiman spent his childhood in the harem among women and eunuchs and his ...