State · 1501 – 1736
Safavid Iran
A state of 1501 – 1736 — 235 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It followed Timurid Empire, Aq Qoyunlu and Baduspanids and 5 more. It was followed by Afsharid Iran. The atlas records 12 things within it — wars and battles 1 · treaties 2 · people 9. Its line of rulers holds 10 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 235 years
- 1501 – 1736
- Rulers
- 10
- the list of Safavid monarchs
- Within it
- 12
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Mar'ashis · follows
- Shirvanshahs · follows
- Timurid Empire · follows · 1370 – 1507
- Afrasiab dynasty · follows
- Aq Qoyunlu · follows · 1378 – 1508
- Kar-Kiya dynasty · follows · 1370 – 1592
- Baduspanids · follows · 665 – 1598
- Mihrabanids · follows · 1236
After it
- Afsharid Iran · followed by · 1736 – 1796
Rulers
The line of list of Safavid monarchs - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ismail I | 1502 – 1524 | 22 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Tahmasp I | 1524 – 1576 | 52 years | killedWikidata's manner of death | child |
| Ismail II | 1576 – 1577 | 1 year | killedWikidata's manner of death | child |
| Mohammad Khodabanda | 1578 – 1587 | 9 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | sibling |
| Abbas the Great | 1588 – 1629 | 41 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | child |
| Safi of Persia | 1629 – 1642 | 13 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | grandchild |
| Abbas II of Persia | 1642 – 1666 | 24 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Suleiman I of Persia | 1666 – 1694 | 28 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Soltan Hoseyn | 1694 – 1722 | 28 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | child |
| Tahmasp II | 1729 – 1732 | 3 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | child |
10 rulers, 10 with terms dated as terms, covering 1502 – 1732. Median reign 23 years. 2 of 9 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, undatedLion and Sun Emblem of Persia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sodacan 
flag, 1576 – 1732Safavid Flag · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1500 – 15996 rows · 1 wars and battles
- Abbas the Great · ruler · 1571 – 1629
- Tahmasp I · ruler · 1514 – 1576
- Ismail II · ruler · 1533 – 1577
- Battle of Chaldiran · battle · 1514
- Mohammad Khodabanda · ruler · 1531 – 1595
- Allahverdi Khan · commander · 1560 – 1614
1600 – 16994 rows
- Abbas II of Persia · ruler · 1633 – 1666
- Safi of Persia · ruler · 1611 – 1642
- Soltan Hoseyn · ruler · 1668 – 1726
- Treaty of Zuhab · treaty · 1639
1700 – 17991 row
- Persian embassy to Louis XIV · treaty · 1715
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood235 years
stood longer than 67% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median24 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 72% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record10
has more rulers on record than 80% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 7 causes the record names and 2 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1477 – 1760, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1619, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q18234383 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.