- Ismail I by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Born July 17, 1487, in Ardebil; died there May 23, 1524. Founder and first shah of the Safavid state.Ismail I was one of the sons of a sheikh of the Safavi order. In 1500–01 he established his authority in Azerbaijan with the support of the Kizilbash tribes. He also seized the city of Tabriz. Between 1503 and 1510, Ismail I ...
- Ismail by Jenna Peterson
Ismail. 1646?–1727, sultan of Morocco (1672–1727). He organized corps of Sudanese to subdue the revolts that followed his accession. He attacked Christian strongholds in Morocco, regaining Larache and Arzila. Encouraging ...
- Meknès by Ashlyn Oliver
... of Morocco under Sultan Ismail, who undertook such palatial building operations that the city was called the Versailles of Morocco. Little of his construction has survived. A European town is laid out beside the old one.
- Ismail Pasha by Xavier Greene
1830–95, ruler of Egypt (1863–79), son of Ibrahim Pasha. He succeeded his uncle Said Pasha as ruler. Ismail used the Egyptian cotton crop, enormously enhanced in value by the American Civil War, to obtain credits for grandiose schemes, including irrigation projects, schools, palaces, the construction of the Suez Canal, and the ...
- Tahmasp by Gregory Potter
1514–76, shah of Persia (1524–76), son and successor of Ismail and the second of the Safavid dynasty. He successfully repulsed persistent invasions by the Uzbeks. Sulayman I also invaded Persia, continuing the wars between Ottomans and Persians commenced by Selim I. One stage of ...