The Safavid Empire, 1500–1722

The Safavid Empire, 1500–1722Use the labels below to match with the speci�c areas of the map provided on the previous page.

General Labels

Cities

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

Battles

1. Arash 1578 2. Baghdad 1534 3. Baku 1583 4. Basra 1538 5. Caldiran 1514 6. Derbent 1579 7. Ganja 1588 8. Hamadan 1587 9. Herat 1506, 1588–89 10. Kars 1578 11. Nakhichevan 1554 12. Nishapur 1588–89 13. Tabriz 1534, 1555, 1585 14. Ti�is 1578

Countries

1. AFGHANISTAN 2. ARABIA 3. AZERBAIJAN 4. KHANATE OF BUKHARA 5. KHANATE OF KIVA 6. KHURASAN 7. KURDISTAN 8. MESOPOTAMIA 9. MUGHAL EMPIRE 10. OTTOMAN EMPIRE 11. SAFAVID EMPIRE 12. TRANSOXIANA

Geographical Features

1. ZAGROS MOUNTAINS

Regions

1. KURDS 2. UZBEKS

Water

1. ARABIAN SEA 2. ARAL SEA 3. BLACK SEA 4. CASPIAN SEA 5. Euphrates R. 6. Persian Gulf 7. Tigris R.

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