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Sunday, April 19, 2026

Collection of facts about the Safavid Empire

This post is a collection of facts about the Safavid Empire (1501-1736). There are 13 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Based in Iran
• Expanded to Azerbaijan, Armenia and parts of Georgia, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
• Ismail I ruled 1501-1524
• Ismail I made Twelver Shi'ism the official religion
• Battle of Chaldiran (1514) against Ottoman Empire
• Ottoman-Safavid war of 1532-1555
• Abbas the Great ruled 1588-1629
• Ottoman-Safavid war of 1603-1622
• Afghan Hotak dynasty invasion in 1722
• Russo-Persian War (1722-1723)
• Nader Shah led reconquest 1726-1729
• Ended when Nader Shah became shah in 1736
• Succeeded by the Afsharid dynasty