Ismail I

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Ismail I was the founder and first Shah of the Safavid dynasty, who established Twelver Shi'ism as the state religion of Iran and laid the foundations of the modern Iranian state in the early 16th century.

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Ismail I canonical 10
Shah Ismail I 4
Ismail Safavi 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Safavid ruler
Shah of Iran
founder of dynasty
human
alsoKnownAs Ismail Safavi
linked to: Ismail I

Ismail ibn Haydar
Shah Ismail I
linked to: Ismail I
associatedWith Safavid Sufi order
birthDate 1487-07-17
birthPlace Ardabil
Safavid Iran
linked to: Safavid Empire
burialPlace Ardabil
Shrine of Shaykh Safi al-Din
capitalEstablishedAt Tabriz
coronationPlace Tabriz
countryOfCitizenship Iran
deathDate 1524-05-23
deathPlace Tabriz
dynasty Safavid dynasty
linked to: Safavid Empire
ethnicGroup Azeri Turkic
Kurdish ancestry
father Haydar Safavi
givenName Ismail
house Safavid order
linked to: Safavid Empire
languageOfWorkOrName Azeri Turkic
Persian
militaryConflict Battle of Chaldiran
militaryRank commander-in-chief of Safavid forces
mother Martha (Alamshah Begum)
notableAchievement established Twelver Shi'ism as state religion of Iran
founded the Safavid dynasty
laid foundations of the modern Iranian state
transformed a Sufi order into a ruling dynasty
unified much of Iran under centralized rule
notableWork Dīvān of Turkic poetry
opponent Ottoman Empire
Selim I
Uzbek Shaybanids
linked to: Shaybanid dynasty
patronOf Persian arts and literature
Shi'a religious institutions
positionHeld Shah of Iran
founder of the Safavid dynasty
predecessor Aq Qoyunlu rule in Iran
reignEnd 1524
reignStart 1501
religion Islam
Twelver Shi'ism
linked to: Twelver Shia
successor Tahmasp I
linked to: Shah Tahmasp I
territorialExpansion conquered Azerbaijan
conquered Fars
conquered Iraq
conquered Khorasan
conquered Khuzestan
conquered parts of eastern Anatolia
usedPenName Khatai

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Safavid Empire foundedBy Ismail I
Safavid Empire notableRuler Ismail I
Shah Tahmasp I father Ismail I
Shah Tahmasp I predecessor Ismail I
Battle of Chaldiran commander Ismail I
Battle of Chaldiran relatedTo Ismail I
Safavid art patron Shah Ismail I
linked to: Ismail I
Ismail I alsoKnownAs Shah Ismail I
linked to: Ismail I
Ismail I alsoKnownAs Ismail Safavi
linked to: Ismail I
Aq Qoyunlu overthrownBy Ismail I
Muhammad Shaybani opponent Shah Ismail I
linked to: Ismail I
Ardabil birthplaceOf Shah Ismail I
linked to: Ismail I
Shah of Iran positionHeldBy Ismail I