While the first three parts of the series explored the history of Shiite Islam and how the lack of an earthly imam formed ...

The previous articles centered on the origins of Shiite Islam and its political history to examine the Shiite basis for ...

‘Fashioning an Empire: Safavid Textiles From the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha’ features splendid, almost one-of-a-kind pieces.

The last two Safavid Shahs were weak and pliable rulers and gradually the administration and military strength of the Safavids weakened to such an extent that in 1722, a small band of marauding ...

The Safavid Dynasty, a Golden Age in Iran, witnessed a cultural flowering under the charismatic Isma'il and Tahmasp.

Iran's nuclear obsession can be explained through three key facts: deterrence failure, religious incentives for apocalyptic conflict and threats to Western civilization beyond Israel.

The other, Safavid Shiism, referred to the religion that the ruling class uses to oppress and repress the masses, and in which the clerics, who have forfeited Alavi Shiism, play a greedy, self ...

Object Details Author Blake, Stephen P Contents Safavid, Mughal and Ottoman empires -- Calendar -- Ceremony -- Chronology: era -- Chronology: millenarian Summary "The prophet Muhammad and the early ...

The Ottomans were Sunni Muslims, while Persia, under the Safavid dynasty, was staunchly Shia, leading to deep ideological divisions and constant hostility.

During the Safavid era, Shiism was brutally imposed on Iranian society through the sword, murder, and massacre as the official state religion.

The Safavid Dynasty came to power in 1501, and it established Shi'a Islam as the state religion of Iran, a position it has held ever since.

Standards like this were originally used in battle to indicate the presence of the ruler but were adopted for use in religious processions during the Safavid period.