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Tabriz listed as first Shia capital on NHL
By: Sheikh M Khurasani
TEHRAN, Iran: In a ceremony on Thursday Tabriz was
registered as the first Shia capital of the Islamic world on the
Iran’s National Heritage List.
Tabriz, the fourth largest city in Iran and the capital of East
Azerbaijan Province in northwestern Iran, was one of Iran’s former
capitals and the residence of the crown prince under the Qajar
dynasty.
It is home to many monuments dating back from the Ilkhanid period to
the Safavid and the Qajar eras.
In 1501, the founder of the Safavid dynasty Shah Ismail I captured
Tabriz from the Uzbek-Turkmen tribal confederation of Aq Qoyunlu
declaring the city his capital and later he proclaimed Shia the state
religion.
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