Safavid Persia

GPTKB entity

Statements (59)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_region
gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Isfahan
gptkb:Tabriz
gptkb:Qazvin
gptkbp:commonName gptkb:Persia
gptkbp:conventionalLongName gptkb:Safavid_Empire
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Abassi
gptkb:Shahi
gptkbp:dissolved 1736
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:Safavid_dynasty
gptkbp:established 1501
gptkbp:flag Green flag with Arabic inscriptions
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Shah_Ismail_I
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:monarchy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Safavid Persia
gptkbp:neighboringMunicipality gptkb:Uzbek_Khanate
gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkb:Russian_Empire
gptkb:Mughal_Empire
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Ali_Qapu_Palace
gptkb:Chehel_Sotoun
gptkb:Naqsh-e_Jahan_Square
gptkb:Shah_Mosque
gptkbp:notableContributor Development of Persian miniature painting
Expansion of Persian carpet weaving
Patronage of Persian arts
Spread of Shiism in Iran
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Ottoman–Safavid_Wars
gptkb:Battle_of_Chaldiran
gptkb:Fall_of_Isfahan_(1722)
Establishment of Twelver Shiism as state religion
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Shah_Abbas_I
gptkb:Shah_Ismail_I
gptkb:Shah_Sultan_Husayn
gptkb:Shah_Tahmasp_I
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Persian
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Aq_Qoyunlu
gptkb:Timurid_Empire
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Twelver_Shia_Islam
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Afsharid_dynasty
gptkb:Hotak_dynasty
gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkbp:territory gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkb:Armenia
gptkb:Azerbaijan
gptkb:Iran
gptkb:Iraq
parts of Georgia
parts of Turkey
parts of Turkmenistan
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Emperor_Humayun
gptkb:Battle_of_Ormuz
gptkb:Battle_of_Baghdad_(1733)
gptkb:Battle_of_Mosul_(1743)
gptkb:Battle_of_Samarra_(1733)
gptkb:Sultan_Badi'_al-Zaman_Mirza
gptkb:Trade_with_Ottoman_Empire
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7