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Wikipedia: The Safavids were one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Iran. They ruled the greatest Iranian empire since the Islamic conquest of Persia and established the Ithnāˤashari 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 and ruled Iran from 1501/1502 to 1722.
![[Painting by the french architect, Pascal Coste, visiting Persia in 1841, from Monuments modernes de la Perse]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Masjede_Shah_painting_s.jpg "Painting by the french architect, Pascal Coste, visiting Persia in 1841, from Monuments modernes de la Perse")
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![[Persian Ambassador Mechti Kuli Beg during his entry into Kraków for the wedding ceremonies of King Sigismund III...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Rolka_Mechti_Kuli_Beg_s.jpg "Persian Ambassador Mechti Kuli Beg during his entry into Kraków for the wedding ceremonies of King Sigismund III...")
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from Martimar |
![[Part of Safavid Persian Empire and middle east]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Safavid_Persian_Empire_s.jpg "Part of Safavid Persian Empire and middle east")
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![[The map of Safavid Empire in 1720, showing different states of Persia.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Moll_1720_Persian_Empire_s.jpg "The map of Safavid Empire in 1720, showing different states of Persia.")
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from Wayiran |
![[17th century Persian helmet (Safavid army)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Safavid_helmet_s.jpg "17th century Persian helmet (Safavid army)")
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![[Scene from Attar's ''[[The Conference of the Birds]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/The_Mantiq_al_tair_s.jpg "Scene from Attar's ''[[The Conference of the Birds")
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from :ru:Евгений Ардаев |
![[Wa chon Nisbat Birooz bâ Kurd raft translates to "Since the origin of Birooz was Kurdish"]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Safwatsafa0002_s.jpg "Wa chon Nisbat Birooz bâ Kurd raft translates to \"Since the origin of Birooz was Kurdish\"")
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![[Safavid guns]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Safavid_guns_s.jpg "Safavid guns")
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from Hajji Piruz |
from Nasser-sadeghi |
![[Excerpt from the Safvat Al]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Safwatsafa0001_s.jpg "Excerpt from the Safvat Al")
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