{"slug": "safavid-empire", "label": "Safavid Empire", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safavid_Empire", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1590, 1721], "span_label": ["1590 CE", "1721 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "ottoman-empire", "label": "Ottoman Empire", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "spanish-empire", "label": "Spanish Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "persia", "label": "Persia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "baghdad", "label": "Baghdad", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "georgia-country", "label": "Georgia (country)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mughal-empire", "label": "Mughal Empire", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1590, "year_label": "1590 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 21", "text": "March 21 – The Treaty of Constantinople is signed between the Ottoman Empire (in modern-day Turkey) and the Safavid Empire (modern-day Iran), ending a 12-year war between the two nations.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369164716#January–March", "title": "1590", "revid": 1369164716, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1602, "year_label": "1602 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Safavid Empire of Persia and the Spanish Empire conclude a defensive alliance and declare war on the Ottoman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351972919#Date_unknown", "title": "1602", "revid": 1351972919, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1612, "year_label": "1612 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 20", "text": "November 20 – The Treaty of Nasuh Pasha is signed, between the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) and the Safavid Empire (Iran), with the Ottomans ceding back land they had captured from the Safavids after 1555, in return for Safavid payment of 200 loads of silk.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366306597#October–December", "title": "1612", "revid": 1366306597, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1624, "year_label": "1624 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 14", "text": "January 14 – After 90 years of Ottoman occupation, Baghdad is recaptured by the Safavid Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331350573#January–March", "title": "1624", "revid": 1331350573, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1625, "year_label": "1625 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – The Safavid Empire in Iran defeats an invasion from the Kingdom of Georgia in the Battle of Marabda with heavy losses on both sides, including the Georgian commander, Teimuraz I, Prince of Mukhrani. when the Iranian Safavid army defeated a Georgian force.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363597525#July–September", "title": "1625", "revid": 1363597525, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1653, "year_label": "1653 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 29", "text": "September 29 – In India, the third and final attempt by the Mughal Empire, to recapture the city of Kandahar from the Safavid Empire, ends in failure after almost six months despite the presence of 70,000 Mughal soldiers under the command of Prince Dara Shukoh.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365981775#July–September", "title": "1653", "revid": 1365981775, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1720, "year_label": "1720 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 8", "text": "December 8 – Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani is deposed from his position as Grand Vizier of Iran (at this time, part of the Safavid Empire) and tortured by Mohammadqoli Khan, the bodyguard of the Safavid Shah, Sultan Husayn.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358044251#October–December", "title": "1720", "revid": 1358044251, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1721, "year_label": "1721 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 18", "text": "August 18 – The Sack of Shamakhi occurs, in the Persian Safavid Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367153403#July_–September", "title": "1721", "revid": 1367153403, "section": "Events › July –September"}}]}