Safavid Empire
The Safavid Empire (Persian: شاهنشاهی صفوی, romanized: Šāhanšāhi-ye Safavi), was an Iranian empire, which ruled by the Safavid dynasty of Kurdish[1][2][3] origin. The Safavids reasserted the Iranian identity of the region.[4]
Safavid Empire | |
|---|---|
| 1501–1736 | |
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 The Safavid Empire under Shah Abbas the Great | |
| Status | Empire |
| Capital | Tabriz (1501–1555) Qazvin (1555–1598) Isfahan (1598–1736) |
| Common languages |
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| Government | Monarchy |
| Shah, Shahanshah | |
• 1501–1524 | Ismail I (first) |
• 1732–1736 | Abbas III (last) |
| History | |
• | 1501 |
• | 1736 |
Shah Ismail, the founder of the dynasty, is a descendant of the Kurdish mystic Safi al-Din.[6]
References
- ↑ Matthee 2005, p. 17; Matthee 2008.
- ↑ Amoretti & Matthee 2009.
- ↑ Savory 2008, p. 8.
- ↑ Savory 1980, p. 3.
- ↑ Roemer (1986), p. 331.
- ↑ Gelvin 2008, p. 331.
Sources
- Matthee, Rudi. The Pursuit of Pleasure: Drugs and Stimulants in Iranian History, 1500-1900 (2005)Princeton Universty Press. p. 18.
- Amoretti, Biancamaria Scarcia. Ṣafavid Dynasty (2009)Oxford University Press.
- Matthee, Rudi. SAFAVID DYNASTY (2008).
- Savory, Roger. EBN BAZZĀZ VIII. Fasc. 1. (2008). p. 8.
- Savory, Roger. Iran under the Safavids (1980)Cambridge University Press. p. 3.
- Gelvin, James L.. The Modern Middle East: A History (2008)Oxford University Press. p. 331.