Safavid dynasty

Persian helmet face plate

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Shah Ismail I entering Tabriz with his Qizilbash army contigents in 1501. This victory commenced the start of his reign as Shahanshah over Persia and the establishment of the Shia Safavid dynasty, which would challenge the Ottomans on political, religious, and cultural fronts until its collapse in the 1730s. Painter Chingiz Mehbaliyev

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Ālī Qāpū (Turkish for Sublime Gate; Persian: عالی‌قاپو) is a grand palace in Isfahan, Iran. It is located on the western side of the Naghsh-i Jahan Square opposite to Sheikh lotf allah mosque, and had been originally designed as a vast portal. It is forty-eight meters high and there are seven floors, each accessible by a difficult spiral staircase. In the sixth floor music room, deep circular niches are found in the walls, having not only aesthetic value, but also acoustic. The name Ālī…

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