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Safavid Iran

Safavid Iran. HIST 113 Islamic Civilization. Source: Historical Atlas of the Middle East. Source: University of Texas Map Collection. Shah Isma ʿil (r.1501-1524). Safavid Polities. Qizilbash : “red heads;” Turkic tribal military supporters described as ghulat “extremists”

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Safavid Iran

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  1. Safavid Iran HIST 113 Islamic Civilization

  2. Source: Historical Atlas of the Middle East

  3. Source: University of Texas Map Collection

  4. Shah Ismaʿil(r.1501-1524)

  5. Safavid Polities • Qizilbash: “red heads;” Turkic tribal military supporters • described as ghulat“extremists” • Tajiks: urban, Persian speaking literate classes • Support Persian high culture, pre-Islamic kingship tradition

  6. Maydan-i Shah, Isfahan

  7. Scene from the Houghton Shahnama Source: Welch, Persian Painting

  8. Scene from the Houghton Shahnama Source: Grabar, Mostly Miniatures

  9. Source: Hattstein and Delius, Islam: Art and Architecture

  10. Shah ‘Abbas Fighting the Uzbeks, fresco, 16th century Source: Hattstein and Delius, Islam: Art and Architecture

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