The Safavid Empire, 1500–1722
The Safavid Empire, 1500–1722
Use the labels below to match with the specific areas of the map provided on the previous page.
General Labels
Cities
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Bahrain (Portuguese)
Balkh
Bukhara
Gombrun (Portuguese)
Hormuz (Portuguese)
Isfahan
Khiva
Merv
Qashan
Qum
Samarkand
Shirvan
Tashkent
Tehran
Battles
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Arash 1578
Baghdad 1534
Baku 1583
Basra 1538
Caldiran 1514
Derbent 1579
Ganja 1588
Hamadan 1587
Herat 1506, 1588–89
Kars 1578
Nakhichevan 1554
Nishapur 1588–89
Tabriz 1534, 1555, 1585
Tiflis 1578
Countries
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AFGHANISTAN
ARABIA
AZERBAIJAN
KHANATE OF BUKHARA
KHANATE OF KIVA
KHURASAN
KURDISTAN
MESOPOTAMIA
MUGHAL EMPIRE
OTTOMAN EMPIRE
SAFAVID EMPIRE
TRANSOXIANA
Geographical Features
1. ZAGROS MOUNTAINS
Regions
1. KURDS
2. UZBEKS
Water
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ARABIAN SEA
ARAL SEA
BLACK SEA
CASPIAN SEA
Euphrates R.
Persian Gulf
Tigris R.
Legend Labels
Safavid Empire, c. 1500
Safavid Empire, 1512
Safavid Empire, 1722
Ottoman Empire, 1722
Easternmost limit of area contested between Ottomans and Safavids
Ottoman campaigns
Uzbek invasion, 1587
Portuguese entry into Persian Gulf
Battle