The Safavid Dynasty, a Golden Age in Iran, witnessed a cultural flowering under the charismatic Isma'il and and his son Tahmasp, the first two Shahs of the dynasty. This essay is a short history of ...

How an Afghan tribal leader took on two of the most powerful empires in the world and won independence for Afghanistan. The pivotal legacy of the Battle of Chaldiran still reverberates 500 years ...

The Mughal and Safavid Empires, based in the Indian subcontinent and Persia respectively, each ruled a portion of the country. A third state, the Uzbek Khanate of Bukhara ruled the northern part ...

Iran Under the Safavids aims at providing the student and general reader, in non-technical language, with a comprehensive history of the Safavid dynasty. Professor Savory considers the origins of the ...

The rooms on the first floor are exquisitely adorned with stucco, colorful paintings, and delicate details that reflect the rich artistic heritage of the Safavid period. One of the palace’s most ...

Seyyed Alasgari on Tuesday explained that the rediscovered mihrab is the mosque's original prayer niche dating back to the Safavid period, ISNA reported. Covered during the Qajar era, this mihrab had ...