The Safavid Dynasty, a Golden Age in Iran, witnessed a cultural flowering under the charismatic Isma'il and and his son Tahmasp, the first two Shahs of the dynasty. This essay is a short history of ...

The history of Persian rugs spans over 2,500 years to the Achaemenid Empire, with the Pazyryk carpet (5th century BCE) showcasing their rich heritage.

Centuries later, the sixteenth-century Safavid dynasty under Shah Tahmasp would also give the illustrated book the pride of place during an era of tremendous art patronage and output.

How an Afghan tribal leader took on two of the most powerful empires in the world and won independence for Afghanistan. The pivotal legacy of the Battle of Chaldiran still reverberates 500 years ...

Ancient events as a key to reading today's battles of the Aliev dynasty. Baku (AsiaNews ... one of the main proponents of the Safavid thesis as a ‘phenomenon of Azerbaijani statehood ...

Food and drink? Poetry? Music? A new installation offers a window into the pleasures, pastimes, and artistic heritage of Iran during the Safavid dynasty (1501-1736). A royal picnic, depicted on a ...