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The province of Lorestan (Persian: ولایت لرستان, romanized: Velāyat-e Lorestān) was a western province of Safavid Iran, corresponding to the present-day...

The Guarded Domains of Iran, commonly called Safavid Iran, Safavid Persia or the Safavid Empire, was one of the largest and long-standing Iranian empires...

Mansur Beg Solvizi was initially the Lur hakem (governor) of parts of Lorestan from 1593, and then later beglerbeg (also governor) of the whole province...

Abbasi dynasty or Shahs of Little Lorestan (لُرستان کُوچک) (1184–1597) was a Lur dynasty that ruled Little Lorestan in the later Middle Ages from their...

The Ottoman–Safavid war of 1603–1612 consisted of two wars between Safavid Iran under Shah Abbas I and the Ottoman Empire under Mehmed III and his son...

Shahverdi Khan (fl. 17th-century) was a Safavid official of Georgian origin, who served as a governor (vali) of the Lorestan province during the reign of king...

and killed Soltan Hoseyn, thus restoring his rule in most of Lorestan. In 1595, the Safavids returned Khorramabad to him. Shahverdi soon staged another...

the late Safavid era, where Lorestan provided twenty Arabian horses, 200 mules and a number of valuables. During wartime, however, Lorestan was expected...

primarily live in the Lorestan province of Iran. Their dialect is almost identical to that of standard Persian. All of the tribes in Lorestan were known as "Feyli"...

The Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590) or Ottoman–Iranian War of 1578–1590 (Persian: جنگ ایران و عثمانی ۱۵۹۰–۱۵۷۸, romanized: Jange Irân va Osmânī 1578–1590)...

governorships): Avraman, Baneh, Bakhtiyari, Javanrud, Khorkhoreh, and Lorestan-e Feyli. The Safavid era played a substantial role in the integration of Iranian...

Khorshidi hakem (governor) of Khorramabad and Lorestan. He was the first Khorshidi ruler to acknowledge Safavid suzerainty, and was confirmed as a governor...

The Safavid occupation of Basra (1697–1701) took place between 26 March 1697 and 9 March 1701. It was the second time that the important Persian Gulf...

structure, dating back to the time the modern state was centralized by the Safavid dynasty in the 16th century. Although the boundaries, roles, and rulers...

خوزستان, romanized: Velāyat-e Khūzestān) was a southwestern province of Safavid Iran, corresponding to the present-day province of Khuzestan. The old name...

pretext of attempting to restore the Safavid dynasty. A year later, in early 1753, they began assembling an army in Lorestan, and received the support of the...

(Persian: شه‌بندر, lit. “harbourmaster”), was an official of the ports in Safavid Persia Shahbandar (Pakistan), a town in Thatta District, Sindh, Pakistan...

romanized: Ismāʿīl; 17 July 1487 – 23 May 1524) was the founder and first shah of Safavid Iran, ruling from 1501 until his death in 1524. His reign is often considered...

and Aligoodarz (Lorestān Province). Bourvari was mainly populated by Armenians who were brought to the region by Shah Abbas of the Safavid dynasty in 1603...

the governor-general or local lord of an important province. During the Safavid reign 1501-1722 the former rulers of the then subordinated provinces of...