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The challenge is to keep Persia at the extent it was in the reign of Shah Ismail I (reigned 1502-1524) as shown in this map: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_Safavid_persia.png . It can still be a monarchy in the present day or have become a republic.