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 ...

The importance of the Safavid period (1501–1736) in Iranian history has been increasingly recognised. Iran Under the Safavids aims at providing the student and general reader, in non-technical ...

The rooms on the first floor are exquisitely adorned with stucco, colorful paintings, and delicate details that reflect the rich artistic heritage of the Safavid period. One of the palace’s most ...

Seyyed Alasgari on Tuesday explained that the rediscovered mihrab is the mosque's original prayer niche dating back to the Safavid period, ISNA reported. Covered during the Qajar era, this mihrab had ...