Safavid Persian forces

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component of the Safavid Empire military forces

Safavid Persian forces were the military troops of the Safavid Empire, a major early modern Iranian dynasty that expanded and defended its realm across much of present-day Iran and the Caucasus.

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Label Occurrences
Safavid Persian forces canonical 1
Safavid Qizilbash cavalry 1
Safavid land forces 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the Safavid Empire ⓘ
military forces ⓘ
country Safavid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
engagedIn Battle of Baghdad (1624–1625) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Chaldiran NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Samugarh (indirectly via frontier conflicts) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Sufiyan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ottoman–Safavid Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
function defense of frontiers ⓘ
suppression of internal revolts ⓘ
territorial expansion ⓘ
garrisonedIn Baghdad (periodically) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Isfahan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Qazvin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shirvan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tabriz NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology Safavid Shia ideology ⓘ
introducedFirearms 16th century ⓘ
militaryBranch artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
naval forces ⓘ
notableCommander Abbas I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Abbas II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ismail I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Safi I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tahmasp I NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableUnitType Qizilbash cavalry NERFINISHED ⓘ
artillery corps (tupchi) ⓘ
ghulam slave soldiers ⓘ
musketeer infantry (tofangchi) ⓘ
operatedIn Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Safavid state apparatus ⓘ
primaryEnemy Mughal Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uzbek Khanates NERFINISHED ⓘ
recruitmentSource Caucasian converts ⓘ
Persian peasantry ⓘ
Turkoman tribes NERFINISHED ⓘ
urban militias ⓘ
religion Twelver Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
reorganizedBy Abbas I NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
early 18th century ⓘ
usedBy Safavid shahs NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Gremi → wasDestroyedBy → Safavid Persian forces ⓘ
Battle of Chaldiran → usedForces → Safavid Persian forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Safavid Qizilbash cavalry
siege of Hormuz → involvedMilitaryBranch → Safavid Persian forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Safavid land forces