{"slug": "tabriz", "label": "Tabriz", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabriz", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80053", "qid": "Q80053", "description": "city in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran", "entries": 18, "years": 15, "span": [1225, 1978], "span_label": ["1225 CE", "1978 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 12}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "ilkhanate", "label": "Ilkhanate", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "abbas-the-great", "label": "Abbas the Great", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "safavid-iran", "label": "Safavid Iran", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ottoman-empire", "label": "Ottoman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "suleiman-the-magnificent", "label": "Suleiman the Magnificent", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mongol-empire", "label": "Mongol Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "yuan-dynasty", "label": "Yuan dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aq-qoyunlu", "label": "Aq Qoyunlu", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "safavid-dynasty", "label": "Safavid dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "armenia", "label": "Armenia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jerusalem", "label": "Jerusalem", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1225, "year_label": "1225 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 25", "text": "July 25 – Jalal al-Din Mangburni dethrones Muzaffar al-Din Uzbek, ruler (atabeg) of the Eldiguzids, and sets himself up in the capital of Tabriz (modern Iran).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1333322984#July_–_September", "title": "1225", "revid": 1333322984, "section": "Events › July – September"}}, {"year": 1270, "year_label": "1270 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The city of Tabriz, in present-day Iran, is made capital of the Mongol Ilkhanate Empire (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362480805#Asia", "title": "1270", "revid": 1362480805, "section": "Events › Asia"}}, {"year": 1287, "year_label": "1287 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Arghun Khan, Mongol ruler of the Ilkhanate, sends an embassy under Rabban Bar Sauma with the mission of contracting a military alliance against the Mamluk Sultanate and take the city of Jerusalem. He travels with a large retinue (bearing gifts and letters) and 30 riding animals from Tabriz through Armenia to Trebizond. Bar Sauma arrives in Constantinople and receives an audience with Emperor Andronikos II (Palaiologos).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361694581#Middle_East", "title": "1287", "revid": 1361694581, "section": "Events › By place › Middle East"}}, {"year": 1295, "year_label": "1295 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 4", "text": "October 4 – Mongol leader Baydu Khan is executed after a 7-month reign at Tabriz. He is succeeded by Ghazan, who becomes ruler of the Ilkhanate. He converts to Islam, ending a line of Vajrayana (Tantric Buddhist) leaders.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368220335#Asia", "title": "1295", "revid": 1368220335, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1305, "year_label": "1305 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "December 8", "text": "December 8 – At Tabriz, the Mongol Ikhanate Öljaitü receives the ambassador sent by Toqta, Khan of the Golden Horde that rules territory comprising much of what is now Russia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1297125288#October_–_December", "title": "1305", "revid": 1297125288, "section": "Events › October – December"}}, {"year": 1305, "year_label": "1305 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 12", "text": "January 12 – The marriage of Bastam, the 8-year-old son (and eldest child) of the Ikhanate ruler of Iran, Oljaitu Khan, to Uljay Qutlugh Khatun, the 7-year-old daughter and the only surviving child of the previous Ikhanate, the late Ghazan Khan, takes place in Tabriz. The betrothal of the two children had been arranged by Ghazan and Öljaitü on September 17, 1303.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1297125288#January_–_March", "title": "1305", "revid": 1297125288, "section": "Events › January – March"}}, {"year": 1305, "year_label": "1305 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "September 19", "text": "September 19 – At Tabriz (now in Iran) Öljaitü the Mongol Ikhanate, receives the Mongol ambassador from Yuan dynasty China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1297125288#July_–_September", "title": "1305", "revid": 1297125288, "section": "Events › July – September"}}, {"year": 1445, "year_label": "1445 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 8", "text": "March 8 – The Amir Isfahan of Baghdad (born Ispend bin Yusuf) dies after a reign of 12 years and is succeeded by Fulad Mirza. The ruler of the adjacent Qara Qoyunlu Empire, Jahan Shah, then mobilizes an army at Tabriz to invade and take control of Baghdad.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370372937#January–March", "title": "1445", "revid": 1370372937, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1466, "year_label": "1466 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 16", "text": "May 16 – Jahan Shah, Sultan of the Empire of Qara Qoyunlu that comprises most of what is now Iran, and parts of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey and Iraq, begins an attempt to reclaim imperial territories from his younger brother, Uzun Hasan, and sets off from Tabriz with a large army.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340205441#April–June", "title": "1466", "revid": 1340205441, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1478, "year_label": "1478 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 6", "text": "January 6 – At Tabriz, Khalil Mirza is proclaimed the Sultan of Aq Qoyunlu (now in Iran) after the death of his father, Uzun Hasan. Khalil is overthrown by his brother Ya'qub in July.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359855585#January–March", "title": "1478", "revid": 1359855585, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1501, "year_label": "1501 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 22", "text": "December 22 – (1 Jumada al-Thani 907 AH) Ismail I is enthroned as the first Shah of Iran, choosing Tabriz as his capital, founding the Safavid dynasty in northern Iran. He declares Shi'ism the official and compulsory religion, under penalty of death.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360582028#October–December", "title": "1501", "revid": 1360582028, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"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": 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": 1603, "year_label": "1603 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 21", "text": "October 21 – Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–1618): The Safavid Army of Iran, led by Emperor Abbas the Great, recaptures Tabriz from the Ottoman Empire after 15 years of Ottoman occupation.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656830#October–December", "title": "1603", "revid": 1366656830, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1603, "year_label": "1603 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 20", "text": "September 20 – Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–1618): Led by Iranian Emperor Abbas the Great, the Safavid Army of Iran stages a surprise attack on Tabriz, which had been taken from the Safavids by the Ottoman Empire in 1588. Tabriz is recaptured after 29 days.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656830#July–September", "title": "1603", "revid": 1366656830, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1605, "year_label": "1605 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 6", "text": "November 6 – The Iranian Safavid ruler Abbas the Great leads the Persian troops to a victory over a larger force of Ottoman Empire troops in the Battle of Sufiyan, and captures Tabriz.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362477436#October–December", "title": "1605", "revid": 1362477436, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1730, "year_label": "1730 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 12", "text": "August 12 – General Nader Khan of Persia captures Tabriz from the Ottoman Empire, bringing an end to the Western Persia Campaign, the first major action in the Ottoman–Persian War (1730–1735). Tabriz becomes a permanent part of Iran. Nader leaves the city four days later to begin the Herat Campaign of 1731.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560881#July–September", "title": "1730", "revid": 1369560881, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1978, "year_label": "1978 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 15", "text": "May 15 – Students of the University of Tehran riot in Tabriz; the army stops the riot.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022681#May", "title": "1978", "revid": 1370022681, "section": "Events › May"}}]}