The Guarded Domains of Iran, commonly called Safavid Iran, Safavid Persia or the Safavid Empire, was one of the largest and long-standing Iranian empires...

The Safavid dynasty (/ˈsæfəvɪd, ˈsɑː-/; Persian: دودمان صفوی, romanized: Dudmâne Safavi, pronounced [d̪uːd̪ˈmɒːne sæfæˈviː]) was one of Iran's most significant...

Following their rise to power in Iran in the 16th century, the Safavid dynasty initiated a campaign of forced conversion against the Iranian populace...

Great (Persian: عباس بزرگ, romanized: ʿAbbās-e Bozorg), was the fifth Safavid shah of Iran from 1588 to 1629. The third son of Shah Mohammad Khodabanda...

The Safavid order, (Persian: طریقت صفویه) also called the Safaviyya (Persian: صفویه), was a Sufi order (Tariqa) founded by the Kurdish mystic Safi-ad-Din...

Mughal–Safavid war may refer to these wars between the Mughal Empire and Safavid Iran: Siege of Kandahar (1605–1606) Mughal–Safavid war (1622–1623) Mughal–Safavid...

The Ottoman–Safavid War of 1532–1555 was one of the many military conflicts fought between the two arch rivals, the Ottoman Empire led by Suleiman the...

The Ottoman–Safavid war of 1603–1612 consisted of two wars between Safavid Iran under Shah Abbas I and the Ottoman Empire under Mehmed III and his son...

The Ottoman–Safavid War of 1623–1639 was a conflict fought between the Ottoman Empire and Safavid Iran, then the two major powers of Western Asia, over...

The military of Safavid Iran covers the military history of Safavid Iran from 1501 to 1736. It was the first Safavid king (shah), Ismail I (1501–1524)...

Ottoman–Iranian Wars were a series of wars between Ottoman Empire and the Safavid, Afsharid, Zand, and Qajar dynasties of Iran (historically known as Persia)...

romanized: Ismāʿīl; 14 July 1487 – 23 May 1524) was the founder and first shah of Safavid Iran, ruling from 1501 until his death in 1524. His reign is often considered...

The Safavid imperial harem refers to the harem of the monarchs of the Safavid dynasty of Persia. The royal harem of the Safavid ruler played an important...

confrontations with the Safavids, slave raids and a campaign in the Caucasus against Georgia. In 1505 Selim routed a 3,000-strong Safavid army led by Shah Ismail's...

The history of Ottoman–Safavid relations (Persian: روابط عثمانی و صفوی) started with the establishment of the Safavid dynasty in Persia in the early 16th...

Trading in the Safavid era was carried out in the form of exchanging goods with goods and exchanging goods with cash (coins of Safavid or foreign silver)...

This list includes the biological mothers of Safavid shahs. There were eleven shahs (kings) of the Safavid Empire in ten generations. Throughout 235-years...

spelled Sofi, Sophie, Sophi, or Soffi, was a reference to the ruler of the Safavid dynasty of Iran. Even though Iran remained known in the West by the exonym...

The Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590) or Ottoman–Iranian War of 1578–1590 (Persian: جنگ ایران و عثمانی ۱۵۹۰–۱۵۷۸, romanized: Jange Irân va Osmânī 1578–1590)...

Women in Safavid Iran (1501-1736) refers to the position and status of women across Safavid society and culture within Safavid Iran. These women enjoyed...

romanized: ostān-e āzarbāyjān) was a province in the northwestern part of Safavid Iran, serving as one of its principal administrative areas. The city of...

Following the crushing defeat in the Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–1612) against the neighbouring rivals Safavid Empire, led by Shah Abbas the Great, Georgia...

Chicago, referring to three early modern Muslim empires: the Ottoman Empire, Safavid Empire and the Mughal Empire, in the period they flourished from mid-16th...

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...

Safavid art is the art of the Iranian Safavid dynasty from 1501 to 1722, encompassing Iran and parts of the Caucasus and Central Asia. It was a high point...

The Ottoman–Safavid War of 1616–1618 was a brief war between the Ottoman Empire and Safavid Iran. After the Ottoman–Safavid war (1603–1612), the Ottomans...

ولایت گرجستان, romanized: Velāyat-e Gorjestān) was a velayat (province) of Safavid Iran located in the area of present-day Georgia. The territory of the province...

The Mughal–Safavid war of 1649–1653 was fought between the Mughal and Safavid empires in the territory of modern Afghanistan. While the Mughals were at...

ولایت کردستان, romanized: Velāyat-e Kordestān) was a western province of Safavid Iran, whose size varied throughout its existence due to political and military...

conquests of the 11th to 14th centuries. In the 16th century, the native Safavids re-established a unified Iranian state with Twelver Shi'ism as the official...