Invasion of the Safavids

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Important Developments of the Tahmasp Era   Invitation of the famous Shia scholar of Lebanon, Nur al Din ‘Ali ibn ‘Abdul ‘Ali al Karaki It would not be hyperbole to say that al Karaki[1] played a most evil role, to the extent that his ideologies were met with severe refutations from the Shia themselves. From amongst those who opposed him were, al Shahid […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Shah Ismail the Second   After the death of Shah Tahmasp by poisoning, a conflict arose regarding the throne. This culminated with the ascension of his son Ismail who had been imprisoned by his own father for a period of 25 years. The first thing he did was to kill his brothers one after another. He also killed the courtiers of the palace […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Shah Muhammad Khudabanda   He is the son of Tahmasp who ascended the throne the year 985 AH. His eyesight was weak and he was close to being blind. He was, however, tyrannical. He killed his sister, since she was highly influential in the palace. He also killed his maternal uncles and his brother’s, Ismail the Second, small children. A war between him […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Era of Shah ‘Abbas the Great   Although Shah ‘Abbas was young, he was shrewd and cunning. He was an ‘ends justify the means’ type of person. He thus killed his mentor and the best of his commanders. His reign lasted 42 years from the year 996 AH/1038 CE. The very first order of business he attended to was to enact a […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Safavid Dynasty After Shah ‘Abbas   The Safavid Dynasty remained after him for almost a hundred years, coming to its end in the year 1148 AH. The Safavid leaders had no interest in religiosity. All of them murdered their own family members, a son, a sister, a nephew; their killing wanton and their punishments barbaric. Further, drinking wine had become commonplace. These […]