Question
Anthony van Dyck painted a balapush robe from this empire depicting the Aryan king Hushang crushing a dragon; that robe was gifted to Robert Shirley. Shaykh Bahai designed a square called the “Exemplar of the World” in front of this dynasty’s new Ali Qapu palace. The Sackler Gallery contains a miniature painting of a ruler of this empire hugging the Mughal emperor Jahangir. A ruler of this empire curtailed the influence of the (*) red hat–wearing Qizilbash troops and moved his capital to Isfahan. With its western neighbor, this empire signed the Peace of Amasya after being crushed by Selim the Grim at the Battle of Chaldiran. This empire converted to Twelver Shi’ism under its founder Ismail I. For 10 points, Shah Abbas I ruled what gunpowder empire in Iran? ■END■
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