Sultan Husayn of Safavid Iran

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Sultan Husayn of Safavid Iran was the last effectively ruling Safavid shah, whose weak leadership and defeat by Afghan forces precipitated the collapse of the Safavid Empire in the early 18th century.

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Hossein of Persia 1
Sultan Husayn of Safavid Iran canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Safavid shah
human
monarch
associatedWith decline of Safavid Empire
birthDate 1668
birthPlace Isfahan NERFINISHED
burialPlace Isfahan NERFINISHED
capitalDuringReign Isfahan NERFINISHED
causeOfDynasticCollapse Afghan invasion of Iran NERFINISHED
child Abbas III NERFINISHED
Tahmasp II NERFINISHED
conflict Safavid–Hotak conflict NERFINISHED
country Safavid Iran NERFINISHED
courtLanguage Persian
deathDate 1726
deathPlace Isfahan NERFINISHED
dynasty Safavid dynasty NERFINISHED
era early 18th century
ethnicGroup Persian
father Shah Suleiman I NERFINISHED
givenName Husayn NERFINISHED
governmentTypeDuringReign absolute monarchy
house Safavid NERFINISHED
knownFor collapse of effective Safavid rule
weak leadership
mother Maryam Begum NERFINISHED
notableBattle Battle of Gulnabad NERFINISHED
notableEvent Siege of Isfahan (1722) NERFINISHED
notableFor being the last effectively ruling Safavid shah
overthrownBy Afghan Hotak forces NERFINISHED
policy increased influence of Shia clerics at court
religious conservatism
positionHeld Shah of Iran NERFINISHED
predecessor Shah Suleiman I NERFINISHED
regnalName Sultan Husayn NERFINISHED
reignEnd 1722
reignStart 1694
religion Twelver Shia Islam NERFINISHED
resultOfReign fragmentation of Safavid territories
rise of Afghan Hotak dynasty in Iran
spouse Tahmuras Khanum NERFINISHED
successor Tahmasp II NERFINISHED
successorState Afghan Hotak rule in Isfahan
Afsharid Iran NERFINISHED
surrenderedTo Mahmud Hotak NERFINISHED
title Shahanshah of Iran NERFINISHED

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Battle of Gulnabad associatedWithRuler Sultan Husayn of Safavid Iran
Shah of Iran positionHeldBy Sultan Husayn of Safavid Iran
this entity surface form: Hossein of Persia