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Safavid dynasty
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The '''Safavid dynasty''', (Persian: دودمان صفوی, <small>romanized:</small> ''Dudmâne Safavi''<ref>* {{cite book|title=Tārīkh-i ʻʻālamārā-yi ʻʻAbbāsī|last1=Afšār|first1=ta·līf-i Iskandar Baig Turkmān. Zīr-i naẓar bā tanẓīm-i fihristhā wa muqaddama-i Īraǧ|date=2003|publisher=Mu·assasa-i Intišārāt-i Amīr Kabīr|isbn=978-964-00-0818-8|edition=Čāp-i 3.|location=Tihrān|pages=17, 18, 19, 79|language=fa}}
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== History ==
The state was founded by Ismail I in July 1501 in Tabriz, declaring himself Shah.<ref>Ismāʿīl I, in Britannica, (2011).</ref> Ismail's rule is one of the most vital in Iranian history.
   Prior to accession to the throne in 1501, Iran had not existed as a unified country under native Iranian rule since it was conquered by the Arabs eight and a half centuries ago, but was controlled by a number of Arab caliphs, Turkic sultans and Mongol khans. Although many Iranian dynasties came to power during all this time (Tahirids,<ref>Frye, R. N.; Fisher, William Bayne; Frye, Richard Nelson; Avery, Peter; Gershevitch, Ilya; Boyle, John Andrew; Yarshater, Ehsan; Jackson, Peter (1975). The Cambridg(contracted; show full)[[Category:History of Azerbaijan]]
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