National Conflict for Power at the Safavid Court (1501 – 1722)

Abstract

After the establishment of the Safavid state (1501-1722), which was a radical Shiite military state, Iran experienced a fierce ethnic struggle for power, especially among the nations that supported the Safavid dynasty in establishing their state , Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians), in terms of ethnicity (Kurdish, Persian, Turkish, Arab) and several other nations, but the conflicts occurred more between (Persians and Turks), because each of them saw itself more suitable The conflict was due to the fact that the Turks, known as the Men of the Sword, believed that they had played a major role in establishing the Safavid state, so they must have lost all the sensitive parts of the state as a reward for their sacrifices.

Although Shah Ismail I (1501-1524), the founder of the Safavid state, initially entrusted them with most of the sensitive positions of his state, he felt threatened by the expansion of Turkish power over the future of Iranian rule They were called Tajiks and were known as the men of the pen. Although most of the other Safavid kings followed the same path after the death of Shah Ismail I, the reign of none of the kings ended without conflict between Persians and Turks, so that the conflict had reached the Safavid court, despite the two nations They were each other, and each of them strongly supported one of the princes of the family to take power, the conflict reflected on all parts of the country, which eventually weakened the state and eventually collapsed in