Safavid dynasty

The Safavids (Persian: صفویان;Azerbaijani: صفوی‌لر,Safevi; Georgian: სეფიანთა დინასტია) were one of the ruling dynasties of Iran. They ruled one of the greatest Iranian empires since the Islamic conquest of Persia and established the Ithnāˤashari (Twelver) school of Shi'a Islam as the official religion of their empire, marking one of the most important turning points in the history of Islam. This Shia dynasty was of mixed ancestry (Azerbaijani,Ci... more

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