| “ | Our longtime adversaries are finally vanquished! Now all of Persia is ours to rule! | ” |
| —Celebrating his victory in Alexander Safavi | ||
Shah Ismail is a cavalry hero in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - The Mountain Royals. He has a unique model. As a hero, he cannot be converted and can regenerate health. He represents the older version of Ismail.
He has a dedicated campaign, Ismail, that focuses on the life and conquests of Ismail (July 17, 1487 – May 23, 1524), the founder of the Safavid dynasty of Persia, ruling as Shahanshah from 1501 to 1524.
Campaign appearances[]
Ismail[]
- Alexander Safavi: Ismail leads the newly established Safavid Empire south, to to contend the Aq Qoyunlu control over southeast Persia, and to capture the city of Baghdad.
Victors and Vanquished[]
- Seljuk: Malik-Shah is a renamed Ismail. He takes control over the Seljuk dynasty after Alp Arslan. After defeating his uncle Qavurt for leadership over the Seljuks, he solidifies the Seljuk control over Persia by driving away the Ghaznavids to the east.
History[]
Ismail (July 17, 1487 – May 23, 1524) later Ismail I was the first Shah of Safavid Persia, reigning from 1501 to 1524 as well as the final leader of the Safavid order before proclaiming himself as Shah in Tabriz in 1501. Ismail led the Safavids and organized Turkoman tribes as the Qizilbash against Shirvan and the Aq Qoyunlu confederacy, defeating both in 1501 and 1502 respectively, and by capturing Tabriz, declared himself Shah of Iran at aged 15. He further solidified his rule and by 1509, had defeated the Aq Qoyunlu thoroughly and consolidated Iran proper to the Safavid banner, leading to the first Iranian dynasty to rule over Iran in over a millennium. However, he suffered setbacks against the Uzbek Khanate in 1512 and further setbacks occurred after war against the Ottoman Empire which the Safavids lost at the Battle of Chaldiran. After Chaldiran, Ismail never took to the battlefield again and recluses himself in the palace, never taking further active role in ruling; Ismail died in 1524 after a brief illness and was succeeded by his son Tahmasp I.
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