(15021736) Persian dynasty.
It was founded by Ism 0101; 012B; l I , who, by converting his people from Sunnite to Sh 012B; 02BD; ite Islam and adopting the trappings of Persian monarchy, planted the seeds of a unique national and religious identity. He captured Tabr 012B; z from the Ak Koyunlu and became shah of Azerbaijan (1501) and Persia (1502). Abb 0101; s I (r. 15881629) brought the dynasty to its peak; his capital, Esfah 0101; n , was the centre of 1E62; afavid architectural achievement. The dynasty declined in the century following his reign, pressed by the Ottoman Empire and the Mughal dynasty , and fell when a weak shah, 1E6C; ahm 0101; sp II, was deposed by his general, N 0101; dir Shah .