The Safavid Empire, 1500–1722

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The Safavid Empire, 1500–1722

Use the labels below to match with the specific areas of the map provided on the previous page.

General Labels

•  Cities
  1. Bahrain (Portuguese)
  2. Hormuz (Portuguese)
  3. Gombrun (Portuguese)
  4. Isfahan
  5. Qashan
  6. Qum
  7. Tehran
  8. Shirvan
  9. Merv
  10. Balkh
  11. Bukhara
  12. Khiva
  13. Samarkand
  14. Tashkent

•  Countries
  1. UZBEKS
  2. KURDS
  3. OTTOMAN EMPIRE
  4. MESOPOTAMIA
  5. MUGAL EMPIRE
  6. ARABIA
  7. SAFAVID EMPIRE
  8. AFGHANISTAN
  9. KHURASAN
  10. KURDISTAN
  11. AZERBAIJAN
  12. TRANSOXIANA
  13. KHANATE OF KIVA
  14. KHANATE OF BUKHARA

•  Geographical Features
  1. ZAGROS MOUNTAINS

•  Water
  1. Black Sea
  2. Caspian Sea
  3. Tigris R.
  4. Euphrates R.
  5. Aral Sea
  6. Persian Gulf
  7. Arabian Sea

Legend Labels:

•  Safavid Empire, c. 1500
•  Safavid Empire, 1512
•  Safavid Empire, 1722
•  Ottoman Empire, 1722
•  Easternmost limit of area contested between Ottomans and Safavids
•  Ottoman campaigns
•  Uzbek invasion, 1587
•  Portuguese entry into Persian Gulf
•  Battle