Islam in Iran
الإسلام في إيران
A trail through Muslim Iran: conquest, Buyids, Seljuks, the Safavid turn, Isfahan and the shrines.
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- Persia & Central Asia
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The conquest
Qadisiyya and Nihavand: the Sasanian state ends, 651.
Turks and Daylamites
The century of Malikshah and Nizam al-Mulk's schools.
The Safavid turn
1501: Isma'il declares Shi'ism the state creed.
Isfahan
'Half the world' to travellers: its mihrab and domes.
The shrines
Karbala and Najaf: the tombs of Husayn and Ali.
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Overview
A path through Muslim Iran: the conquest, the Buyids and the Seljuks, the Safavids who make the state Shi'i, and Isfahan and the shrines.
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islam.museum contributors. “Islam in Iran”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-persia-iran/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.