Tahmasp I
| Tahmasp I | |
|---|---|
| Shah of Persia | |
.jpg) Fresco of Shah Tahmasp at the Palace of Chehel Sotoun, Isfahan, commissioned around 1647 by his descendant Abbas II | |
| Reign | 1524 – 1576 |
| Predecessor | Ismail I |
| Successor | Ismail II |
| Born | 22 February 1514 |
| Died | 14 May 1576 |
| Spouse | Sultanum Begum, Mahinbanu Khanum, and others |
| Issue | Mohammad Khodabanda, Ismail II, Pari Khan Khanum, and others |
| House | Safavid dynasty |
| Father | Ismail I |
| Mother | Tajlu Khanum |
| Religion | Twelver Shia Islam |
Tahmasp I (1514–1576) was the second ruler of the Safavid dynasty.[1] He became shah in 1524 after his father Ismail I. Tahmasp ruled for more than fifty years, the longest of any Safavid ruler.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] He died in 1576, and his son Ismail II became shah.[5]
References
- ↑ H. R. Roemer, “The Safavid Period,” in Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 6 (Cambridge University Press, 1986), Internet Archive
- ↑ Andrew Peacock, The Memoirs of Shah Tahmasp I (I.B. Tauris, 2024), Google Books
- ↑ Roger Savory, Iran under the Safavids (Cambridge University Press, 1980), Internet Archive
- ↑ Colin Paul Mitchell, “Ṭahmāsp I,” Encyclopaedia Iranica (2009)
- ↑ D. T. Potts, Nomadism in Iran: From Antiquity to the Modern Era (Oxford University Press, 2014)