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Timeline of Medieval Iranian (Persian) History

From Omar Khayyam through the Persian Civil War, 1050-1550 A.D.

By Kallie Szczepanski, About.com

Timeline of Medieval Iranian (Persian) History, from the lifetime of Omar Khayyam through the the Persian Civil War in the sixteenth century.

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1051-1122 Lifetime of Omar Khayyam, poet of the Rubayat

1256-1335 Ilkhanid Mongol Dynasty, founded by Genghis Khan's grandson Hulagu

1256-1272 Ilkhanid Mongols exterminate the Assassins

1258 Ilkhanids sack Baghdad

1304-1316 Reign of Oljeitu, khan who converted to Shia Islam

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

1502-1602 War between Safavids and Ottoman Turks

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

1514 Ottoman Turks capture Safavid capital of Tabriz; dynasty survives

1524-1532 Civil war in Safavid Dynasty; Shah Tahmasp victorious

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