Dilgam ismailov

1.
Ardabil authority of Safavids. Establishment of Savafid 
empire
2. Internal and foreign policy of Shah Ismail.
3. Safavid-Ottoman wars in the XVI-XVII centuries.
4. Political system, socio-economical and cultural progress 
of Safavid empire. 
1.Ardabil authority of Safavids. Establishment
of Savafid empire.
Progress of Safavid dynasty started during Mongolian 
attacks period. Name of dynasty was related with saint 
Shaikh Safiaddin (1252-1334). Safavids Ardabil authority 
was until 1501, all Azerbaijan authority was until 1736. 
Safavid Ardabil authority was exact embryo of establishing 
central Azerbaijan state. In march of 1460 Shaikh Junayd 
grandfather of Shah Ismail marched to Shirvan and 
Dagestan. Shirvanshah Khalilullah I became union with 
Jahanshah. Safavids were defeated and Shaikh Junayd was 
killed in the battle near the coast of the Samur river. 
Junayd’s son Shaikh Haydar ( father of Shah Ismail) 
was carrying his father’s policy. He was married with 
Alamshah khatun the daughter of his uncle. In 1470 Uzun 
Hasan came to Ardabil and enthroned Shaikh Haydar. 
Safavids wore twelve red stripped turban instead of 
turkman caps, for the honor of 12 imams. According to the 
consent of Padshah Yagub, Shaikh Haydar marched to 
Shirvan and Dagestan in 1483. The second successful march 
of Shaikh Haydar was in 1487. During the third march of 
Haydar to Shirvan (1488) Sultan Yagub gave a hand to 
Shirvanshah Farrukh Yassar. On 9 june 1488 Shaikh 

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Haydar was killed in the battle of Tabasaran. Padshah 
Yagub invaded Ardabil and other lands of Safavids. He 
took Haydar’s sons - Sultanali, Ibrahim and 2 years old 
Ismail with their mother prisoners. The children and their 
mother stayed in Istakhr prisonnear the Shiraz for five 
years. 
Uzun Hasan’s grandson Rustam released brothers 
from prison and came back to Ardabil. Sultanali also took