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The 23 pages that link to Isfahan, each with the reason it gives.

• Safavid dynastyBroader topic: Its court and monumental center concentrated the dynasty’s political authority.

• Safavid IranBroader topic: Its planned squares, palaces, and mosques made royal power visible.

• Shah Abbas IBroader topic: He expanded and transformed Isfahan into an imperial capital.

• Isfahan ProvinceBroader topic: The provincial capital concentrates the region’s best-known monuments and institutions.

• Safavid artBroader topic: Its mosques, palaces, bridges, and workshops concentrated the dynasty’s artistic ambitions.

• Malik-Shah IBroader topic: Malik-Shah and Nizam al-Mulk developed it as a prominent seat of imperial government.

• Central IranBroader topic: Isfahan became a prominent political and cultural center within the inland region.

• Tourism in IranBroader topic: Its architectural ensemble draws visitors to one of Iran’s most celebrated urban centers.

• Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia IslamBroader topic: Its mosques, schools, and urban patronage made state-sponsored Shiism especially visible.

• Abbas the GreatBroader topic: Abbas transformed it with new squares, avenues, bridges, and court buildings.