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Ismail I (Persian: اسماعیل یکم, romanized: Ismāʿīl; 14 July 1487 – 23 May 1524) was the founder and first shah of Safavid Iran, ruling from 1501 until his death in 1524. His reign is often considered the beginning of modern Iranian history , [2] as well as one of the gunpowder empires . [3]
May 19, 2024 · Isma’il I, shah of Iran (1501–24) and religious leader who founded the Safavid dynasty. With the help of the Kizilbash, he established an empire after capturing the city of Tabriz. His policies were instrumental in the conversion of Iran from the Sunni to the Twelver Shi’i sect of Islam.
Ismailism shares its beginnings with other early Shia sects that emerged during the succession crisis that spread throughout the early Muslim community. From the beginning, the Shia asserted the right of Ali, cousin of Muhammad, to have both political and spiritual control over the community.
Ismāʿīl I, (born July 17, 1487, Ardabīl, Azer.—died May 23, 1524, Ardabīl, Ṣafavid Iran), Shah of Iran (1501–24) and founder of the Ṣafavid dynasty. Born into a Shīʿite family with close ties to the Sunnite Sufi tradition, he became head of a Shīʿite military force, the Kizilbash, at age 14.
Shāh Ismāʿīl Awwal Ṣafawī (Persian: شاه اسماعیل اول صفوی ), known as Ismaʿil I, was the first king of the Safavid dynasty and was also known as Abu l-Muẓaffar Bahādur Khān Ḥusaynī (Persian: ابوالمظفر بهادرخان حسینی ).
ESMĀʿĪL I ṢAFAWĪ (اسماعیل صفوی ), SHAH ABU’L-MOẒAFFAR b. Shaikh Ḥaydar b. Shaikh Jonayd, founder of the Safavid dynasty, born on 25 Rajab 892/17 July 1487 in Ardabīl died on 19 Rajab 930/23 May 1524 near Tabrīz ( Ḥabīb al-sīar, Tehran, IV, p. 428; MS London, British Library, Or. 3248, fol. 304a; Qāżī Aḥmad, fol ...
Apr 23, 2024 · Ismail I, also known as Shah Ismail, was the founder of the Safavid dynasty of Iran, ruling as its King of Kings (shahanshah) from 1501 to 1524. His reign is often considered the beginning of modern Iranian history, as well as one of the gunpowder empires.
Ismail I (17 July 1487 – 23 May 1524), was the Shah of the Safavid dynasty of Persia from 1501 until his death in 1524. He started the Safavid dynasty and was the effective founder who went on to unite most of Persia for the first time since the Sassanids and establish Shia Islam as the main religion.
ISMA˓IL I, SHAH (1487–1524) Shah Isma˓il (r. 1501–1524) was founder and first king of the Safavid dynasty, which ruled Iran until 1722. Isma˓il lived during a turbulent time in Iran's history, in a period of political fragmentation and decentralization.
Ismailism belongs to the Shi‘a branch of Islam, and, in common with various Muslim interpretive communities, has been concerned with developing a philosophical discourse to elucidate foundational Qur’anic and Islamic beliefs and principles.
