Ismail II

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Ismail II was a short-reigning Safavid shah of Iran in the late 16th century, known for his harsh rule, attempts to restore Sunni Islam, and the political turmoil surrounding his accession and mysterious death.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ismail II canonical 3
Shah Ismail II 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Safavid shah ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
associatedWith Qizilbash military elite ⓘ
birthPlace Qazvin NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Qazvin NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Qazvin NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath disputed ⓘ
possible poisoning ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 16th century ⓘ
conflict internal Safavid court struggles ⓘ
conflictWith Qizilbash ⓘ
surface form: Qizilbash factions
countryOfBirth Safavid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Safavid Iran
countryOfDeath Safavid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Safavid Iran
countryRuled Safavid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Safavid Iran
deathPlace Qazvin NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynasty Safavid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Safavid dynasty
ethnicGroup Azerbaijani language ⓘ
surface form: Azeri Turkic
father Shah Tahmasp I ⓘ
surface form: Tahmasp I
fullName Ismail II Safavi ⓘ
givenName Ismail ⓘ
governmentForm absolute monarchy ⓘ
historicalPeriod Safavid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Safavid period
house Safavid Empire ⓘ
surface form: House of Safavid
languageSpoken Azerbaijani language ⓘ
surface form: Azeri Turkic

Persian ⓘ
mother Sultanum Begum ⓘ
notableFor attempts to restore Sunni Islam in Safavid Iran ⓘ
harsh rule ⓘ
political turmoil surrounding his accession ⓘ
short reign as Safavid shah ⓘ
suspicious and possibly violent purges of rivals ⓘ
policy promotion of Sunni elements within the realm ⓘ
reversal of strict Shiʿi religious policies of predecessors ⓘ
positionHeld Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
surface form: Shahanshah of Iran
predecessor Shah Tahmasp I ⓘ
surface form: Tahmasp I
realm Iran ⓘ
reignEnd 1577 ⓘ
reignStart 1576 ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
royalStyle Ismail II self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shah Ismail II
royalTitle Shah of Iran ⓘ
sibling Mohammad Khodabanda ⓘ
Pari Khan Khanum ⓘ
spouse Tajlu Khanum ⓘ
surface form: Taklu Khanum
successor Mohammad Khodabanda ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shah Tahmasp I → successor → Ismail II ⓘ
Shah Tahmasp I → child → Ismail II ⓘ
Shah of Iran → positionHeldBy → Ismail II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shah Ismail II
Mohammad Khodabanda → predecessor → Ismail II ⓘ
Ismail II → royalStyle → Ismail II self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shah Ismail II