The Safavid Dynasty, a Golden Age in Iran, witnessed a cultural flowering under the charismatic Isma'il and and his son Tahmasp, the first two Shahs of the dynasty. This essay is a short history of ...

Today we are in Iran, with the ruling Safavid Dynasty, and with a portable declaration of faith. The Safavid Dynasty came to power in 1501, and it established Shi'a Islam as the state religion of ...