A poet in this empire named B’abai ben Lotf (“buh-BYE behn LUHT-fuh”) wrote a chronicle titled “Book of a Forced Convert” about the persecution of its Jews. While serving as an ambassador, Don García de Silva Figueroa conducted archaeological research in this empire. This empire was the subject of a travelog by the French jeweler Jean Chardin (15[2])(“shar-DAHN”). A chronicle called the “World-Adorning History of [a ruler of this empire] was written by the scribe Iskandar (*) Beg Munshi. Englishman Anthony Shirley wrote an account of his travels in this empire, whose (10[1])military was modernized with the help of his brother Robert. This smallest of the “gunpowder empires” was employed a force known as the qizilbash (“KEE-zihl-bahsh”) that was later sidelined by Abbas the Great. For 10 points, name this empire founded by Shah Ismail that ruled Persia between the 16th and 18th centuries. ■END■