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Shah Ismail I: The Teen Prophet Who Founded an Empire
In 1501, a 14-year-old boy named Ismail, son of a Sufi shaykh, marched out of the forests of Gilan with nothing but a band of Turkmen warriors known as the Qizilbash — the Redheads — and within a year had conquered Tabriz, the former capital of the Aq Qoyunlu. He declared himself Shah, but more than that, he proclaimed Twelver Shiism the state religion of a new Persian empire, a move that would reshape the Middle East for centuries. Lucas and Luna explore the early life of Shah Ismail I: his father Haydar's death in battle, his teenage years in hiding in the Caspian marshes, his stunning…
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