Tahmasp I

Tahmasp I (1514–1576) was the second ruler of the Safavid dynasty.H. R. Roemer, “The Safavid Period,” in Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 6 (Cambridge University Press, 1986), Internet Archive He became shah in 1524 after his father Ismail I. Tahmasp ruled for more than fifty years, the longest of any Safavid ruler.Andrew Peacock, The Memoirs of Shah Tahmasp I (I.B. Tauris, 2024), Google Books He fought wars against the Ottoman Empire and the Uzbeks, moved the capital to Qazvin, and supported Persian art and calligraphy.

Tahmasp married several wives, including Sultanum Begum and Mahinbanu Khanum.Roger Savory, Iran under the Safavids (Cambridge University Press, 1980), Internet Archive His children included Mohammad Khodabanda, who later became shah, Ismail II, and his daughter Pari Khan Khanum, who played an important role in court politics.Colin Paul Mitchell, “Ṭahmāsp I,” Encyclopaedia Iranica (2009) He died in 1576, and his son Ismail II became shah.D. T. Potts, Nomadism in Iran: From Antiquity to the Modern Era (Oxford University Press, 2014)

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