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The 15 pages that link to Shah Ismail I, each with the reason it gives.

• Safavid dynastyBroader topic: His conquests founded the dynasty and made Twelver Shiism the state religion.

• Safavid IranBroader topic: His conquest of Tabriz established the dynasty’s Iranian state.

• Battle of ChaldiranBroader topic: Ismail led the Safavid army and suffered his first major defeat.

• Ottoman–Safavid relationsRelated: His expansion into Anatolia and religious influence among Turkmen communities alarmed the Ottomans.

• Shah Abbas INarrower topic: His conquests established the dynasty Abbas later restored and enlarged.

• Selim ICompared with: His Safavid state was Selim’s principal eastern rival, defeated at Chaldiran.

• QizilbashRelated: He united Qizilbash followers and led their conquests that founded the dynasty.

• TabrizRelated: He made Tabriz his first capital after establishing Safavid rule.

• Aq QoyunluRelated: His victory over the dynasty’s remaining forces ended Aq Qoyunlu rule in Iran.

• Uzun HasanBroader topic: Uzun Hasan’s descendants and political legacy formed part of the world in which Ismail rose.

• Ottoman–Mamluk WarRelated: His rivalry with Selim I shaped the eastern crisis that preceded the Ottoman–Mamluk war.

• History of AzerbaijanBroader topic: His Azerbaijani Turkic poetry and Safavid state-building left a lasting imprint on the region.

• Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia IslamRelated: His declaration in Tabriz made conversion a central project of Safavid rule.

• Abbas the GreatNarrower topic: Abbas’s legitimacy rested on the dynasty and Shi‘i monarchy Ismail established.

• History of Shia IslamRelated: His policies made Iran a major center of Twelver institutions and scholarship.