JBOC's  Notes on Oriental Rugs

Notes on Safavid Dynasty

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Safavid Dynasty "Two Safavid Princes". Shah Tahmasp

Detail "Two Safavid Princes". Shah Tahmasp (left)

  • Ismail II, 1576 - 1577
    • Soltan Ibrahim Mirza is murdered at the order of his cousin Shah Ismael II.
  • Sultan Mohammad, 1577 - 1587 brother of Ismail II
  • Shah Abbas I, 1587 - 1629
  • Safi I, 1629 - 1642
  • Abbas II, 1642 - 1666
  • Safi II, 1666 - 1694
  • Shah Soltan Hussein, 1694 - 1722
  • THE SAFAVIDS, 1501-1722

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J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

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