Shah Tahmasp I

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Shah Tahmasp I was a 16th-century Safavid shah of Iran known for consolidating Shi'a Islam as the state religion and defending his realm against Ottoman and Uzbek rivals.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tahmasp I 8
Shah Tahmasp I canonical 3

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Safavid shah ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
birthDate 1514-02-22 ⓘ
birthPlace Isfahan ⓘ
burialPlace Ardabil ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Qazvin ⓘ
Tabriz ⓘ
child Abbas I ⓘ
Ismail II ⓘ
Mohammad Khodabanda ⓘ
commissionedWork Shahnameh ⓘ
surface form: Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp
conflict Ottoman–Safavid conflict ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman–Safavid Wars

wars against the Uzbeks ⓘ
coronationYear 1524 ⓘ
countryRuled Safavid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Safavid Iran
deathDate 1576-05-14 ⓘ
deathPlace Qazvin ⓘ
dynasty Safavid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Safavid dynasty
era 16th century ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Azeri Turkic ⓘ
father Ismail I ⓘ
fullName Shah Tahmasp I self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tahmasp I
house Safavid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Safavid order
implemented forced conversion policies to Twelver Shiism in parts of Iran ⓘ
knownFor defensive military strategy against the Ottomans ⓘ
use of scorched-earth tactics against invading armies ⓘ
languageSpoken Azeri Turkic ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
mother Tajlu Khanum ⓘ
notableFor consolidation of Twelver Shia Islam as state religion of Iran ⓘ
longest-reigning Safavid shah ⓘ
opponent Shaybanid dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Shaybani Uzbeks

Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
patronOf Persian carpet weaving ⓘ
Persian miniature painting ⓘ
policy discouragement of courtly excess and wine drinking later in his reign ⓘ
promotion of Shia clerical establishment ⓘ
positionHeld Shah of Iran ⓘ
predecessor Ismail I ⓘ
regnalName Shah Tahmasp I self-link ⓘ
reignEnd 1576 ⓘ
reignStart 1524 ⓘ
religion Twelver Shia ⓘ
surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
signedTreaty Peace of Amasya ⓘ
spouse Sultanum Begum ⓘ
successor Ismail II ⓘ
treatyPartner Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
treatyYear 1555 ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

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

Humayun → ally → Shah Tahmasp I ⓘ
Safavid Empire → notableRuler → Shah Tahmasp I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tahmasp I
Shah Tahmasp I → fullName → Shah Tahmasp I self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tahmasp I
Shah Tahmasp I → regnalName → Shah Tahmasp I self-link ⓘ
Ottoman–Safavid conflict → notableSafavidRuler → Shah Tahmasp I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tahmasp I
Safavid art → patron → Shah Tahmasp I ⓘ
Ismail I → successor → Shah Tahmasp I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tahmasp I
Shah of Iran → positionHeldBy → Shah Tahmasp I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tahmasp I
Mohammad Khodabanda → father → Shah Tahmasp I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tahmasp I
Ismail II → father → Shah Tahmasp I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tahmasp I
Ismail II → predecessor → Shah Tahmasp I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tahmasp I