safavid

The Persian gulf has the majority of the world's oil reserves. But they are divided between multiple countries which are often hostile to each other. During it's founding Safavid Empire's military almost entirely consisted of religious militias which refused to use guns. It's main rival was the...

The Timurid Empire was one of the last Nomadic Empires in history before the Age of Gunpowder. Stretching from Central Asia to India and Persia, under its founder Tamerlane, the Timurid Empire was a powerhouse. Tamerlane would die to the common cold as he planned to invade Ming China, and bits...

what if Mamluk Egypt became a Gunpowder Empire like Ottomans and Safavids and leading to a three way balance of power in middle east

Safavids conquer india or atleast the gangetic plain since it was with a safavid army Humayun reconquered mughal empire How would this affect Indian and Iranian history?

The Hotak Dynasty was a Afghan/Pashtun Dynasty that rose after revolting against the Safavids. They then took over Persia, becoming rulers of Persia, which gave way to the final fall of the Safavids, Rise of Nader Shah and the Afsharid Dynasty, and the Rise of the Afghan Durrani Empire. What...

Let's say that the empire avoids the Ottoman-Persian Wars and manages to reform and rebound to the best of their ability. After that they have a series of competent military shahs (not necessarily consecutively) that reconquer as much of Middle-East, Central Asia and Anatolia as logistically...

Just as the title says, what happens if the Safavids defeated the Ottomans and conquering Anatolia under their rule? How would this impacts on the world as the result of Safavid Persian conquest of Anatolia? What will affect on Iranian heartlands?

After a while being out, I set a few things straight in my life. I'll keep the details for myself. I decided to return and continue my participation on Alternate History. In the mean time I started put an halt to all of the TL I was busy with and open a new account rather than the old one. I...

Nader Shah was the military leader that overthrew the Safavid Dynasty, and replaced it with his dynasty, the Afsharid. But what if, instead of Nader Shah, Nader Qoli Beyg, didn’t overthrow the Safavids? What if he remained loyal to the Safavids, but still have great influence in the government?

The year is 1590, decisive Ottoman and Uzbek military victories against the Safavid Empire, coupled with internal political problems put the Safavids on the verge of collapse. In OT, the Treaty of Constantinople in 1590 granted all land West of the Zagros Mountains and Caspain Sea to the Ottoman...

The Safavid Empire ruled Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and parts of several other countries including Syria and Turkey in the 18th century. Safavid Iran at its' height This is a scenario where Safavid Iran managed to survives into 20th century, rather than collapsed and usurped by the Afsharids...

As the title says, is it possible for the Safavids to become shahs of Iran again, succeeding the Afsharids? How would this impact on Iran if it continues to be ruled by the Safavids? Well, the Safavid rule ended in 1736 by Nader Shah of Afsharid Dynasty. But the Safavids did tried to restore...

Apparently, Shah Suleiman Mirza of the Persian Safavid Empire was aware of the massive setbacks being put upon the Ottoman Empire in Europe in the aftermath of the Battle of Vienna (1683). However, he declined to participate in the war by the side of the Holy Alliance, under the impression that...

Like the title says, is it possible for the Safavids to survive into modern-day and continued to rule Iran/Persia? If so, can they reclaim its Great Power status as much as their past? How can they accomplish it? And how much land you all reckoned the Safavids can hold outside of Iran...