A bloody civil war had broken out…

1527 CE

A bloody civil war had broken out among the differing Qizilbash factions in Safavid Persia.

Div Sultan had emerged victorious but his ally, Chuha Sultan Takkalu, has turned against him and urges the shah to get rid of him.

On July 5, 1527, as Div Sultan arrived for a meeting of the government, Tahmasp shoots an arrow at him.

When it fails to kill him, the shah's supporters finish him off.

Chuha Sultan now becomes regent.

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Tabriz Azarbayjan-e Sharqi Iran View →

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Ismail I View → Jalal al-Din Mohammad Tabrizi View → Tahmasp I View →

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Tajik people View → Iranian peoples View → Persian people View → Oghuz Turks View → Muslims, Sunni View → Muslims, Shi'a View → Turkmen people View → Ottoman Empire View → Qizilbash or Kizilbash, (Ottoman Turkish for "Crimson/Red Heads") View → Persia, Safavid Kingdom of View →

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Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam View →

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Weapons View →

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Commerce View → Labor and Service View → Conflict View → Mayhem View → Faith View → Government View → Custom and Law View → Technology View →

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