Safavid Empire

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Persian dynasty early modern state empire

The Safavid Empire was a major early modern Persian dynasty that established Twelver Shi'a Islam as the state religion and ruled much of Iran and the surrounding region from the early 16th to the 18th century.

Aliases (11)

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Persian dynasty → early modern state → empire →
alliedWith	Habsburg Monarchy →
capital	Isfahan → Qazvin → Tabriz →
commonLanguage	Azerbaijani → Persian →
conflict	Mughal–Safavid Wars → Ottoman–Safavid Wars →
continent	Asia →
country	Iran →
currency	abbasi → shahi →
demiseCause	Afghan invasions → internal decline →
dynasty	Safavid dynasty →
endTime	1736 →
establishedShiaAsStateReligionOf	Iran →
followedBy	Afsharid dynasty → Hotak dynasty → Qajar dynasty → Zand dynasty →
foundedBy	Ismail I →
foundingEvent	proclamation of Ismail I as Shah of Iran →
governmentType	absolute monarchy →
knownFor	Persian art and architecture → carpet weaving → development of Shia clerical establishment →
lastRuler	Sultan Husayn →
notableCity	Isfahan → Shiraz → Tabriz →
notableRuler	Abbas I → Abbas II → Ismail I → Safi I → Tahmasp I →
officialLanguage	Persian →
partOf	Islamic world → Persianate world →
precededBy	Aq Qoyunlu → Timurid Empire →
religion	Twelver Shia Islam →
startTime	1501 →
stateReligion	Twelver Shia Islam →
territoryIncludes	Armenia → Azerbaijan → Georgia → Iran → Iraq → eastern Anatolia → parts of Central Asia →

Referenced by (37)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Safavid Empire ("Safavid dynasty") → Shah Tahmasp I ("Safavid dynasty") →	dynasty
Khorasan → Qazvin ("Safavid period") →	historicalEra
Oghuz ("Safavids") →	ancestorOfDynasty
Persians →	associatedEmpire
Muhammad Akbar ("Safavid Persia") →	associatedWith
Persian →	associatedWithEmpire
Nader Shah ("Safavid Iran") →	birthCountry
Timur Shah Durrani ("Safavid Iran") →	birthPlace
Khanate of Bukhara →	borderedBy
Shah Tahmasp I ("Safavid Iran") →	countryRuled
Timurid dynasty ("Safavid dynasty") →	followedBy
Isfahan →	formerCapitalOf
Islamic world →	hasHistoricEmpire
Timurid dynasty →	hasSuccessorState
Persian ("Safavid dynasty") →	historicalDynasty
Iranian Azerbaijan →	historicalEmpire
Greater Iran →	historicallyLinkedTo
Isfahan ("Safavid dynasty") →	historicalPeriodOfFlourishing
Persian Jews ("Safavid dynasty") →	historicalPresenceInDynasty
Azerbaijanis →	historicalState
Shah Tahmasp I ("Safavid order") →	house
Gunpowder Empires →	includesEmpire
Muhammad Akbar ("Safavid court in Persia") →	laterCourt
Erzurum ("Safavid Empire (historically)") →	partOf
Afsharid Empire →	precededBy
Hotak dynasty ("Safavid dynasty") →	predecessor
Gunpowder Empires →	refersTo
Muhammad Akbar ("Safavid court") →	soughtAsylumAt
Humayun →	soughtRefugeIn
Mughal dynasty →	tradePartner
Mirza ("Safavid dynasty") →	usedByDynasty
Shahanshah of Persia ("Safavid dynasty") →	usedInDynasty
Iranian Azerbaijan ("Safavid Empire (early period)") →	wasAdministrativeCenterOf
Tabriz ("Safavid Empire (intermittently)") →	wasCapitalOf
Iranian plateau →	wasCoreRegionOf