Safavid shahs

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf heads of state
monarchs
royal title
rulers of Iran
alliedWith European powers against the Ottomans
capitalEstablishedAt Tabriz
capitalLaterAt Isfahan
Qazvin
claimedDescentFrom Shi’a Imams through Safavid Sufi order
conflictWith Ottoman sultans
linked to: Ottoman sultan

Uzbek khans
linked to: Khan of the Uzbeks
countryRuled Iran
Safavid Iran
linked to: Safavid Empire
dynastyFoundedBy Shah Ismail I
linked to: Ismail I
endTime 1736
era early modern period
followedBy Afsharid shahs
linked to: Afsharid Empire
introduced bureaucratic centralization in Iran
languageOfCourt Persian
lastEffectiveShah Sultan Husayn
lastNominalShah Abbas III
madeStateReligion Twelver Shi’ism
linked to: Twelver Shia
maintained standing army including Qizilbash forces
notableShah Abbas I
Abbas II
Ismail I
Safi I
Suleiman I
Sultan Husayn
Tahmasp I
linked to: Shah Tahmasp I
overthrownBy Nader Shah
partOf Safavid dynasty
linked to: Safavid Empire
patronOf Persian architecture
Persian arts
Shi’a religious institutions
precededBy Aq Qoyunlu rulers
linked to: Aq Qoyunlu
promoted conversion to Twelver Shi’ism in Iran
religion Twelver Shi’ism
ruledOver Azerbaijan region
Central Iran
linked to: central Iran

parts of Mesopotamia
parts of the Caucasus
significance consolidated Iranian territorial state
established Shi’a identity of Iran
startTime 1501
usedTitle Shah
Shahanshah

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Padishah usedBy Safavid shahs
Sultan Husayn positionHeld Shah of the Safavid Empire
linked to: Safavid shahs
Ali Qapu Gate of Qazvin builtFor Safavid rulers
linked to: Safavid shahs
Tabriz school patronage Safavid shahs
Safavid Persian forces usedBy Safavid shahs
Qizilbash loyaltyTo Safavid shahs
Khatai associatedWith Safavid order
linked to: Safavid shahs
Safavid Sufi order patronizedBy Safavid rulers
linked to: Safavid shahs
Maryam Begum memberOf Safavid royal family
linked to: Safavid shahs
Safavid royal court usedBy Safavid shahs
Mohammad Baqer Mirza partOf Safavid royal lineage
linked to: Safavid shahs
Safavid garrison of Isfahan underAuthorityOf Safavid shah
linked to: Safavid shahs