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Safavid Empire
Events
Ismail I
1501 - 1524
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Declares Shiism as state religion
Calls himself Shiah Imam
Safavid Empire
1501 - 1722
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Battle of Chaldiran
1514
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Ismail defeated by Turkish Sultan Selim
Destroyed claim that Shah was infallible, semi-diving
Tahmasp I
1524 - 1576
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Baghdad overrun by Ottoman Empire
1533
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Isfahan = temporary capital
Ismail II
1576 - 1578
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Mohammed Khodabanda
1578 - 1588
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Abbas I
1588 - 1629
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Abbas I makes peace with Ottomans
1590
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Abbas I modernizing army
1599
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With help of British
Abbas I beats Ottomans
1603
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Wins back lost territory
Safavids take control of Baghdad
1624
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Isfahan still the capital
Safavids lose Baghdad
1638
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Abbas II
1642 - 1666
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Suleiman I
1666 - 1694
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Sultan Hoseyn I
1694 - 1722
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Loss of Isfahan
1722
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Tahmasp II
1722 - 1732
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Regain Isfahan
1729
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Abbas III
1732 - 1736
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Tahmasp deposed by his own troops
1732
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(Under Nader)
Nader
1736 - 1747
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