// Early modern period
Safavid Dynasty
- Period
- AD 1502 – AD 1737
- Duration
- approx. 235 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1512
- Area (max.)
- approx. 2.8 million km²
Period and duration
Safavid Dynasty — according to the map data from AD 1502 to AD 1737, roughly 235 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Safavid Dynasty — greatest extent around AD 1512: the mapped borders then cover about 2.8 million km², roughly 1.9% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1501)
After
Neighbours around AD 1512
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Kazakh Khanate
- Mamluk Sultanate
- Timurid Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Nogai Horde
- Portuguese Empire
- Makuria Kingdom
- Astrakhan Khanate
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1512 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Safavid Dynasty on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.