Polity · 1502 CE – 1737 CE
Safavid Dynasty
صفویلر · صفویان · دودمان صفوی
- Peak recorded area
- 2,846,210 km²
- 1512 CE
- Data series
- 16
- 1550 CE–1730 CE
Overview
The Safavid dynasty was the ruling dynasty of Safavid Iran, and one of Iran's most significant ruling dynasties reigning from 1501 to 1736. Their rule is often considered the beginning of modern Iranian history, as well as one of the gunpowder empires. The Safavid Shah Ismail I established the Twelver denomination of Shi'a Islam as the official religion of the Persian Empire, marking one of the most important turning points in the history of Islam.
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Territory
30 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 1737 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
6 of 16 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| City Pop Esfahan12 obs · 1320 CE–1700 CE | 350Kpersons1700 CE · Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban Population |
| City Pop Tabriz12 obs · 1320 CE–1730 CE | 30Kpersons1730 CE · Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban Population |
| City Pop Qazvin8 obs · 1320 CE–1700 CE | 60Kpersons1700 CE · Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban Population |
| City Pop Shiraz7 obs · 1340 CE–1694 CE | 20Kpersons1694 CE · Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban Population |
| Urban Population5 obs · 1500 CE–1700 CE | 1,197thousands1700 CE · Clio-Infra |
| City Pop Hormuz4 obs · 1350 CE–1500 CE | 50Kpersons1500 CE · Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban Population |
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Persian
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban PopulationChandler 1987 / Modelski 2003
Chandler, T. (1987). Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth; Modelski, G. (2003). World Cities: -3000 to 2000.
Compiled from published works (Chandler 1987; Modelski 2003)
Clio-Infra2017 datasets
Clio-Infra project (2017). Reconstructions of global inequality and well-being. International Institute of Social History.
Academic use, attribution
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
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Safavid Dynasty is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.