Often seen as the contemporary of the Mughal Empire, the Safavid Empire in Persia (modern-day Iran) was similarly opulent and influential. The Safavids were immensely wealthy due to their control ...

TEHRAN - A rare and intricately decorated set of tiles from a 17th-century Iranian palace will go on public display later this month for the first time in two decades, as part of a major new ...

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 ...

The Ottoman Empire (1299-1923) was one of the longest lasting and most ... the Ottomans and the Age of Exploration; the Ottoman-Safavid-Habsburg struggle for supremacy; Ottoman Jews: model minority?; ...