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

The Safavid Dynasty, a Golden Age in Iran, witnessed a cultural flowering under the charismatic Isma'il and Tahmasp. Skip to main content It ... (1587–1629) when the state had increased power and the ...

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, ...

During the Safavid era, Shiism was brutally imposed on Iranian society through the sword, murder, and massacre as the official state religion. Over the past 520 years, ...

The Safavid dynasty (defined by the Sackler as 1501-1722), which takes its name from the Safavid order of Sufism, saw a flowering of art, culture and architecture, particularly under its most ...

The Safavid Dynasty In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Safavid Dynasty, the rulers of early modern Persia, who had a profound impact on the cultural and religious identity of Iran.

His son and successor, Shah ‘Abbas II (r.1642-66), was a more competent ruler but he was less able to withstand pressure from his religious leaders. The last two Safavid Shahs were weak and ...

His son and successor, Shah ‘Abbas II (r.1642-66), was a more competent ruler but he was less able to withstand pressure from his religious leaders. The last two Safavid Shahs were weak and ...