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[1])(“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 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■