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Founding of the Safavid Dynasty under Shah Ismail I (1501–1524)

Founding of the Safavid Dynasty under Shah Ismail I (1501–1524)

  1. Ismail emerges from Gilan with Qizilbash force

    Labels: Shah Ismail, Gilan, Qizilbash

  2. Campaign opens with conquest of Shirvan

    Labels: Shirvan, Farrukh Yassar

  3. Safavids defeat Aq Qoyunlu at Sharur

    Labels: Battle of, Aq Qoyunlu

  4. Ismail proclaims himself shah in Tabriz

    Labels: Tabriz, Shah Ismail

  5. Twelver Shiʿism decreed official state religion

    Labels: Twelver Shiism, Shah Ismail

  6. Safavids capture Baghdad from Aq Qoyunlu remnants

    Labels: Baghdad, Aq Qoyunlu

  7. Victory at Merv secures Khorasan

    Labels: Battle of, Muhammad Shaybani

  8. Safavid–Mamluk clash at Diyarbakır

    Labels: Diyarbak r, Mamluk Sultanate

  9. Ottomans defeat Safavids at Chaldiran

    Labels: Battle of, Ottoman Empire

  10. Ottomans occupy Tabriz after Chaldiran

    Labels: Tabriz, Selim I

  11. Ismail returns to Tabriz after Ottoman withdrawal

    Labels: Tabriz, Shah Ismail

  12. Death of Shah Ismail I; Tahmasp succeeds

    Labels: Shah Ismail, Tahmasp I