Territorial change of Safavid dynasty (Safavid Dynasty)

“Safavid dynasty”(Safavid Dynasty) — appears in this map’s data from AD 1502 to 1737. Its territory was largest in AD 1512 – 1515, at ≈ 2.85 million km².

Territory by period

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1512 – 1515 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Its highest rank was in AD 1512: number 124 of 3.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

• Ottoman Empire — 49 frames
• Khanate of Khiva — 46 frames
• Khanate of Bukhara — 46 frames
• Mughal Empire — 41 frames
• Kingdom of Kartli — 23 frames
• Kingdom of Georgia — 20 frames
• Kingdom of Portugal — 17 frames
• Kingdom of Kakheti — 11 frames
• Shirvan — 9 frames
• Hotak dynasty — 6 frames
• Timurid Empire — 5 frames
• Crown of Castile — 5 frames
• Al-Ahsa Oasis — 4 frames
• Tsardom of Russia — 2 frames
• Mamluk Sultanate — 2 frames
• Aq Qoyunlu — 2 frames
• Kingdom of Imereti — 2 frames
• Principality of Guria — 2 frames
• Afsharid Iran — 1 frames
• Shaybanids — 1 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 27 by area.

Wikipedia summary

The Safavid dynasty (; Persian: دودمان صفوی, romanized: Dudmân-e Safavi, pronounced [d̪uːd̪ˈmɒːne sæfæˈviː]) was the ruling dynasty of Safavid Iran, and one of Iran's most significant ruling dynasties reigning from 1501 to 1736.

Wikipedia (English) “Safavid dynasty”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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