User:HistoryofIran/Ismail I
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Ismail I (Persian: اسماعیل, romanized: Esmāʿīl, pronounced [esmɒːʔiːl]; July 17, 1487 – May 23, 1524), was the founder of the Safavid dynasty of Iran, ruling as its King of Kings (shahanshah) from 1501 to 1524.
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Ismail I اسماعیل یکم | |||||||||
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Shahanshah of Iran | |||||||||
Reign | 22 December 1501 – 23 May 1524 | ||||||||
Successor | Tahmasp I | ||||||||
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Born | 17 July 1487 Ardabil, Aq Qoyunlu | ||||||||
Died | 23 May 1524(1524-05-23) (aged 36) Near Tabriz, Safavid Iran | ||||||||
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Spouse | Tajlu Khanum Behruzeh Khanum | ||||||||
Issue | Tahmasp I Sam Mirza Alqas Mirza Bahram Mirza Khanesh Khanum Parikhan Khanum Mahin Banu Soltanum Farangis Khanum Shah Zaynab Khanum | ||||||||
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Dynasty | Safavid dynasty | ||||||||
Father | Shaykh Haydar | ||||||||
Mother | Halima Begum | ||||||||
Religion | Twelver Shia Islam |
Born in the town of Ardabil in northwestern Iran, Ismail was the youngest son of Shaykh Haydar, the leader of the Safavid order. Founded by the eponymous patriarch of the family, the well-renowned Sufi leader Safi-ad-din Ardabili, the Safavids were initially a Sufi order, but gradually transformed into a militiant religious Shia movement.
Besides his ancestry from leading religious dignitaries, Ismail was also of princely origin on both sides, tracing his descent to the Turkmen Aq Qoyunlu and Greek Komnenos family of Trebizond. He forged a fictious lineage to the Twelve Imams, who were in return believed to have some ancestry from the pre-Islamic Sasanian Empire of Iran (224–651).[1]