Western Civilization I / Unit 14 WC1 1316 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Safavid Iran: Ismail, 1514, and a Shia State
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The idea
Shah Ismail, a Sufi clan leader, took Tabriz in fifteen oh one with Qizilbash warriors and named the kingdom Iran after the Sasanians. The Ottomans crushed him in fifteen fourteen, the battle's name a disclosure, but the Shia ulama made Iran a Shia state for good.
In practice
Turkic warlord, Shia master, heir of Persia.
Where people slip
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