Safavid shahs

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heads of state monarchs royal title rulers of Iran

Safavid shahs were the rulers of the Safavid dynasty that established one of Iran’s most significant early modern empires and made Twelver Shi’ism the state religion.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Safavid rulers 1
Shah of the Safavid Empire 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf heads of state ⓘ
monarchs ⓘ
royal title ⓘ
rulers of Iran ⓘ
alliedWith European powers against the Ottomans ⓘ
capitalEstablishedAt Tabriz NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalLaterAt Isfahan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Qazvin NERFINISHED ⓘ
claimedDescentFrom Shi’a Imams through Safavid Sufi order ⓘ
conflictWith Ottoman sultans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uzbek khans NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryRuled Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
Safavid Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynastyFoundedBy Shah Ismail I NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime 1736 ⓘ
era early modern period ⓘ
followedBy Afsharid shahs NERFINISHED ⓘ
introduced bureaucratic centralization in Iran ⓘ
languageOfCourt Persian ⓘ
lastEffectiveShah Sultan Husayn NERFINISHED ⓘ
lastNominalShah Abbas III NERFINISHED ⓘ
madeStateReligion Twelver Shi’ism NERFINISHED ⓘ
maintained standing army including Qizilbash forces ⓘ
notableShah Abbas I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Abbas II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ismail I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Safi I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Suleiman I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sultan Husayn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tahmasp I NERFINISHED ⓘ
overthrownBy Nader Shah NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Safavid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
patronOf Persian architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Persian arts ⓘ
Shi’a religious institutions ⓘ
precededBy Aq Qoyunlu rulers NERFINISHED ⓘ
promoted conversion to Twelver Shi’ism in Iran ⓘ
religion Twelver Shi’ism ⓘ
ruledOver Azerbaijan region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Central Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
parts of Mesopotamia ⓘ
parts of the Caucasus ⓘ
significance consolidated Iranian territorial state ⓘ
established Shi’a identity of Iran ⓘ
startTime 1501 ⓘ
usedTitle Shah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shahanshah NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Padishah → usedBy → Safavid shahs ⓘ
Sultan Husayn → positionHeld → Safavid shahs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shah of the Safavid Empire
Ali Qapu Gate of Qazvin → builtFor → Safavid shahs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Safavid rulers