{"slug": "safavid-iran", "label": "Safavid Iran", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safavid_Iran", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18234383", "qid": "Q18234383", "description": "historical empire that existed between 1501 and 1736", "entries": 12, "years": 11, "span": [1514, 1701], "span_label": ["1514 CE", "1701 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 9}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "ottoman-empire", "label": "Ottoman Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "suleiman-the-magnificent", "label": "Suleiman the Magnificent", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "tabriz", "label": "Tabriz", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "basra", "label": "Basra", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mughal-empire", "label": "Mughal Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "shah-jahan", "label": "Shah Jahan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "afghanistan", "label": "Afghanistan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "herat", "label": "Herat", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1514, "year_label": "1514 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 7", "text": "September 7 – The Ottoman Army, commanded by the Sultan Selim I, arrives at Tabriz, capital of Safavid Iran and accepts the surrender of Shah Ismail.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369345340#July–September", "title": "1514", "revid": 1369345340, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1524, "year_label": "1524 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 23", "text": "May 23 – Tahmasp I becomes the ruler of the Safavid Empire, following the death of his father, Shah Ismail I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368819061#April–June", "title": "1524", "revid": 1368819061, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1527, "year_label": "1527 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 5", "text": "July 5 – General Div Sultan Rumlu, the regent for the 13-year old Tahmasp I, the Safavid Shah of Iran, is assassinated and replaced by Chukha Sultan Tekali.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366980186#July–September", "title": "1527", "revid": 1366980186, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1548, "year_label": "1548 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 11", "text": "June 11 – Suleiman the Magnificent, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire begins an invasion of Safavid Iran that will last for almost two years before he abandons it.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656469#April–June", "title": "1548", "revid": 1366656469, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1549, "year_label": "1549 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 21", "text": "December 21 – Ottoman Empire Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent abandons his campaign against Safavid Iran after 21 months, during which he was unable to proceed further than Tabriz.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362482759#October–December", "title": "1549", "revid": 1362482759, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1556, "year_label": "1556 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 3", "text": "April 3 – In Qazvin, the Shah of Iran Tahmasp I, becomes enraged with the sexual orientation of his son Ismail II, and sends Ismail to Afghanistan to serve as the Iranian governor of Herat province.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1320371006#April–June", "title": "1556", "revid": 1320371006, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1576, "year_label": "1576 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 14", "text": "May 14 – Tahmasp I, the Shah of Safavid Iran for almost 52 years, is accidentally poisoned after being treated by the palace physician, Abu Naser Gilani. Tahmasp's death is followed by a deadly struggle for control of Iran.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362635528#April–June", "title": "1576", "revid": 1362635528, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1576, "year_label": "1576 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 1", "text": "September 1 – Ismail Mirza, who has proclaimed himself the Shah of Safavid Iran, marches into the capital at Qazvin and ascends the throne as Shah Ismail II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362635528#July–September", "title": "1576", "revid": 1362635528, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1580, "year_label": "1580 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 21", "text": "June 21 (8 Cemazi ul-evvel 988 AH) – England signs a commercial treaty with the Ottoman Empire, and Sultan Murad III sends a letter to Queen Elizabeth I informing her, \"Just as the merchants of Poland and France and Venice come and go, the merchants of your domain also shall bring wares to our Well-Protected Domains and take away wares.\" In return, Murad III is able to purchase English metals (iron, brass and tin) for his war with Iran.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369376205#April–June", "title": "1580", "revid": 1369376205, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1649, "year_label": "1649 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 22", "text": "February 22 – The Mughal–Safavid War begins when Shah Abbas II of the Safavid Empire in Persia captures the Afghan city of Kandahar from the Mughal Empire of India after a six-week siege. The Mughals, led by Shah Jahan, fail to recapture Kandahar after three sieges in four years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367892628#January–March", "title": "1649", "revid": 1367892628, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1697, "year_label": "1697 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 26", "text": "March 26 – Safavid occupation of Basra: Safavid government troops take control of Basra.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355431044#January–March", "title": "1697", "revid": 1355431044, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1701, "year_label": "1701 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 9", "text": "June 9 – Safavid troops retreat from Basra, ending a three-year occupation.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366683505#January–June", "title": "1701", "revid": 1366683505, "section": "Events › January–June"}}]}