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Portrait of Shah Ismail I. Inscribed "Ismael Sophy Rex Pers". Painted by the Italian painter Cristofano dell'Altissimo between 1552 and 1568. Housed a
Portrait of Shah Ismail I. Inscribed "Ismael Sophy Rex Pers". Painted by the Italian painter Cristofano dell'Altissimo between 1552 and 1568. Housed at the Uffizi, Florence.
The battle between the young Ismā'īl and Shah Farrukh Yassar of Shirvan
The battle between the young Ismā'īl and Shah Farrukh Yassar of Shirvan
The battle between Ismail I and Muhammad Shaybani
The battle between Ismail I and Muhammad Shaybani
Artwork of the Battle of Chaldiran
Artwork of the Battle of Chaldiran
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Mannequin of a Safavid Qizilbash soldier, showing characteristic red cap (Sa'dabad Palace, Teheran)
Mannequin of a Safavid Qizilbash soldier, showing characteristic red cap (Sa'dabad Palace, Teheran)
Ismail declares himself "Shah" by entering Tabriz; his troops in front of Arg of Tabriz, painter Chingiz Mehbaliyev, in private collection.
Ismail declares himself "Shah" by entering Tabriz; his troops in front of Arg of Tabriz, painter Chingiz Mehbaliyev, in private collection.
One of the first actions performed by Shāh Ismā'īl I of the Safavid dynasty was the proclamation of the Twelver denomination of Shīʿa Islam as the off
One of the first actions performed by Shāh Ismā'īl I of the Safavid dynasty was the proclamation of the Twelver denomination of Shīʿa Islam as the official religion of his newly-founded Persian Empire, causing sectarian tensions in the Middle East when he destroyed the tombs of the Abbasid caliphs, the Sunnī Imam Abū Ḥanīfa al-Nuʿmān, and the Ṣūfī Muslim ascetic ʿAbdul Qādir Gīlānī in 1508.
Ismail's battle with Uzbek warlord Muhammad Shaybani Khan in 1510, on a folio from the Kebir Musaver Silsilname. After the battle Ismail purportedly g
Ismail's battle with Uzbek warlord Muhammad Shaybani Khan in 1510, on a folio from the Kebir Musaver Silsilname. After the battle Ismail purportedly gilded the skull of Shaybani Khan for use as a wine goblet.