safavid

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A Muslim dynasty in Iran and Iraq in the 16th to 18th centuries
an Muslim dynasty in Iran and Iraq in the 16th to 18th centuries

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Safavid dynasty
{i} Persian dynasty which was at first part of a Turkic nomadic group that ruled from 1500 to 1722 and set up the Shiite sect of Islam as the state religion
Safavid dynasty
(1502-1736) Persian dynasty. It was founded by Isml I, who, by converting his people from Sunnite to Shite Islam and adopting the trappings of Persian monarchy, planted the seeds of a unique national and religious identity. He captured Tabrz from the Ak Koyunlu and became shah of Azerbaijan (1501) and Persia (1502). Abbs I (r. 1588-1629) brought the dynasty to its peak; his capital, Esfahn, was the centre of afavid architectural achievement. The dynasty declined in the century following his reign, pressed by the Ottoman Empire and the Mughal dynasty, and fell when a weak shah, ahmsp II, was deposed by his general, Ndir Shah