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Timeline of Iranian History

By Kallie Szczepanski, About.com

Timeline of Iranian (Persian) history from the age of Zarathustra, the founder of Zoroastrianism, through the death of the Ayatollah Khomeini.

21. 1258 Ilkhanids sack Baghdad

22. 1304-1316 Reign of Oljeitu, khan who converted to Shi'a Islam

23. 1500-1736 Safavid Dynasty, ethnic Azeri/Kurdish rulers of Persia

24. 1502-1602 War between Safavids and Ottoman Turks

25. 1511 Uzbeks driven out of Persia and across Oxus River (Amu Darya)

26. 1514 Ottoman Turks capture Safavid capital at Tabriz, but dynasty survives

27. 1524-1532 Civil war in Safavid Empire; Shah Tahmasp victorious

28. 1587-1629 Lifetime of Shah Abbas, greatest Safavid ruler

29. 1602 Shah Abbas drives Portuguese out of Bahrain

30. 1609-1610 Safavid/Kurdish War; Kurds massacred

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