Ismail I
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Ismail I was the founder and first ruler of the Safavid Empire, which became one of the major Islamic empires in history. His establishment of Safavid Iran in the early 1500s shaped the political, religious, and cultural landscape of the Middle East for centuries to come.
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1487 births1524 deaths16th-century Iranian people16th-century Kurdish people16th-century people from Safavid Iran16th-century Persian-language poets16th-century Safavid shahs16th-century Shia MuslimsAzerbaijani-language poetsCritics of Sunni IslamIranian people of Greek descentIranian people of Kurdish descent