ChristianityinIran dates back to the early years of the religion during the time of Jesus, predating Islam. Through this time the Christian faith has...
SafavidIran or Safavid Persia (/ˈsæfəvɪd, ˈsɑː-/), also referred to as the Safavid Empire, was one of the largest and long-standing Iranian empires after...
The Safavid dynasty (/ˈsæfəvɪd, ˈsɑː-/; Persian: دودمان صفوی, romanized: Dudmâne Safavi, pronounced [d̪uːd̪ˈmɒːne sæfæˈviː]) was one of Iran's most significant...
Safavid Empire (1501-1736) Shi'ism became the predominant faith inIran. There have been a number of surveys on the current religious makeup of Iran....
shah of SafavidIran from 1588 to 1629. The third son of Shah Mohammad Khodabanda, he is generally considered one of the greatest rulers of Iranian history...
private parties. One of the biggest slavery institutions inSafavidIran was the royal Safavid harem and court. Shah Sultan Hossain's (r. 1694–1722) court...
Edmund (2015). Iran and the World in the Safavid Age. I.B.Tauris. p. 20. ISBN 978-1780769905. In fact, at the start of the Safavid period Twelver Shi'ism...
(2017). "On the margins of minority life: Zoroastrians and the state inSafavidIran 1". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 80 (1):...
sect inIran, and Iranian academics of this period contributed greatly to the Islamic Golden Age. In the 16th century, the newly enthroned Safavid dynasty...
1613) was an Iranian general and statesman of Georgian origin who, initially a gholām ("military slave"), rose to high office in the Safavid state. Iskandar...
leaders became rulers in this country, affected it negatively. Iran was reunified as an independent state in 1501 by the Safavid dynasty, which set Shia...
"Unwalled Cities and Restless Nomads: Firearms and Artillery inSafavidIran" inSafavid Persia: The History and Politics of an Islamic Society, ed. Charles...
native Safavids re-established a unified Iranian state with Twelver Shia Islam as the official religion, marking the beginning of modern Iranian history...
who deposed the last member of the Safavid dynasty in 1736, and proclaimed himself Shah. During Nader's reign, Iran reached its greatest extent since the...
century onwards, and contributed to the foundation of the Safavid dynasty in early modern Iran. The word Qizilbash derives from Turkish Kızılbaş, meaning...
1614 on, he waged a five-decade long struggle against the SafavidIranian domination of Georgia in the course of which he lost several members of his family...
mostly known for his life inSafavidIran, where he worked as a prosperous watchmaker. He eventually fell victim to intrigue in relation to the death of...
whose career flourished in the service of the Safavid dynasty of Iran and included several years as a governor of Shaki in what is today Azerbaijan....
and ChristianityinIran". ChristianityinIran. FarsiNet Inc. Archived from the original on 22 March 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2009. "InIran, 'crackdown'...
King Leon of Kakheti converted to Islam in the Service of the Safavid dynasty, but returned to Orthodox Christianity after his return to Georgia Jesse of...
deposed the Safavid Shah and proclaimed his own rule over Iran. Mahmud in turn was succeeded by his cousin Ashraf following a palace coup in 1725. Ashraf...
Safavid family came from Iranian Kurdistan, and later moved to Azarbaijan. They finally settled in the 11th century C.E. at Ardabil. During Safavid rule...
Relations of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with SafavidIran and the Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin in the light of archival documents. Warsaw. p. 70.{{cite...
of SafavidIran and Georgia: King Luarsab II and His Captivity inIran". In Floor, Willem; Herzig, Edmund (eds.). Iran and the World in the Safavid Age...
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