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Evidence that Shah Ismail Safavid proclaimed himself Shah of Azerbaijan in 1501

 * "...he largely owed his success in leading a campaign into Tabriz where he enthroned himself as Shah of Azarbaijan at the beginning of 907/July 1501." (S. A. I. Tirmizi, "Indian Historical Vistas", Munshiram Manoharlal, 1980, p. 12).


 * "He then captured Tabriz and established himself in control of Azerbaijan" (Richard Ernest Dupuy, Trevor Nevitt Dupuy. "The Encyclopedia of Military History from 3500 B.C. to the Present", Harper & Row, 1986, ISBN 0061812358, p. 505)


 * "Now in control of Azarbayjan, Isma'il was crowned in Tabriz in 1501." (David J. Roxburgh. "Prefacing the image: The Writing of Art History in Sixteenth-Century Iran", Brill Academic Publishers, 2001, p. 18 )


 * "The Safavid state began in Azerbaijan when Isma'il, now thirteen, entered Tabriz, proclaimed himself shah..." (Lawrence Davidson, Arthur Goldschmid, "A Concise History of the Middle East", Westview Press, 2006, p. 153 )

Links

 * Grandmaster's page on Safavids