-
ethnicity of the
founder of the
Safavid order remains a
subject of
scholarly debate. From
their base in Ardabil, the
Safavids established control over parts...
-
IRANIAN HISTORY (2)
Islamic period (page 4): The
Safavids".
Encyclopaedia Iranica. The
origins of the
Safavids are
clouded in obscurity. They may have been...
- Iraq, the
Safavids never gave up
their claim to it, at
least in
court rhetoric. In reality, most of Iraq was
foreign territory to the
Safavids, even though...
-
During the
reign of the
first Safavid shah (king),
Ismail I, the military, political, and
religious goals of the
Safavids became unified. In 1501, he proclaimed...
- The
Safavid conquest of
Bahrain was a
military campaign launched in 1602 to
capture the
island of
Bahrain from the Portuguese. The
Safavids expelled the...
- from
Syria and
Mount Lebanon (...) Savory,
Roger (2007). Iran
Under the
Safavids. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0521042512. Abisaab...
- Mughal–
Safavid war may
refer to
these wars
between the
Mughal Empire and
Safavid Iran: Mughal–
Safavid war (1622–1623) Mughal–
Safavid War (1637–1638) Mughal–Safavid...
-
initial Safavid success in
recapturing Baghdad and most of
modern Iraq,
having lost it for 90 years, the war
became a
stalemate as the
Safavids were unable...
-
retained influence from Shah
Ismail and the
Safavids. He
embraced the same
rhetoric used
against the
Safavids send
military force to
crush the rebellion...
-
around 1301, with
Sheikh Safi-ad-din
Ardabili who gave it his name. The
Safavids have
greatly contributed to the
spread of the
Twelvers branch of Shia Islam...
