Shah Ismail I, Shah · Founder of Safavid Iran
RulerShah · Founder of Safavid Iran
Shah Ismail Iشاه إسماعيل الأول
Tabriz
The young founder of Safavid Iran, who made Twelver Shi'ism the state religion.
Leader of a Sufi order at fourteen, he took Tabriz in 1501 and was crowned shah. He imposed Twelver Shi'ism on Iran, often by force. Selim I defeated him at Chaldiran in 1514.
What grew out of it?
The Shi'i identity of modern Iran dates largely from his reign.
Who came before and after?
Where do they appear in the story?
Who else is linked?
Who lived at the same time?
Al-Mutawakkil IIIAskia Muhammad ISelim IQansuh al-GhawriTumanbay IIIbrahim LodiFerdinand II of AragonBayezid II
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- Yazid ibn Muawiyah
- Muawiyah ibn Yazid
- Marwan ibn al-Hakam
- Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
- Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik
- Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik
- Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
- Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik
- Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik
- Al-Walid ibn Yazid
- Yazid ibn al-Walid
- Ibrahim ibn al-Walid
- Marwan ibn Muhammad
- Al-Saffah
- Al-Mansur
- Al-Mahdi
- Al-Hadi
- Harun al-Rashid
- Al-Amin
- Al-Mamun
- Al-Mutasim
- Al-Wathiq
- Al-Mutawakkil
- Al-Muntasir
- Al-Mustain
- Al-Mutazz
- Al-Muhtadi
- Al-Mutamid
- Al-Mutadid
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- Al-Rashid
- Al-Muqtafi
- Al-Mustanjid
- Al-Mustadi
- Al-Nasir li-Din Allah
- Al-Zahir
- Al-Mustansir
- Al-Mustasim
- Abd al-Rahman I
- Hisham I
- Al-Hakam I
- Abd al-Rahman II
- Muhammad I of Cordoba
- Al-Mundhir
- Abdallah ibn Muhammad
- Abd al-Rahman III
- Al-Hakam II
- Hisham II
- Al-Mansur ibn Abi Amir
- Hisham III
- Al-Mutamid ibn Abbad
- Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah
- Al-Muizz li-Din Allah
- Al-Aziz Billah
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- Al-Mustansir Billah
- Al-Adid
- Tughril Beg
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- Ahmad Sanjar
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- Nur al-Din Zengi
- Shirkuh
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- Al-Nasir Muhammad
- Barquq
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- Qansuh al-Ghawri
- Tumanbay II
- Al-Mutawakkil III
- Yusuf ibn Tashfin
- Ali ibn Yusuf
- Ibn Tumart
- Abd al-Mumin
- Yaqub al-Mansur
- Muhammad al-Nasir
- Muhammad I of Granada
- Yusuf I of Granada
- Muhammad V of Granada
- Muhammad XII
- Muhammad al-Mustansir
- Abu Inan Faris
- Ibrahim ibn al-Aghlab
- Ziyadat Allah I
- Idris I
- Idris II
- Ahmad ibn Tulun
- Sayf al-Dawla
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- Ibrahim Lodi
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- Idris Alooma
- Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
- Tunka Manin
- Malik al-Salih
- Iskandar Muda
- Muhammad Bello
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- Murad IV
- Ibrahim
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- Ahmed II
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- Ahmed III
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- Abdul Hamid I
- Selim III
- Mustafa IV
- Mahmud II
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