Reaching its apex under Abbas I, for 10 points, name this Shi'ite dynasty which ruled Persia from the 16th to the 18th centuries.
One leader of this dynasty built the palace of Chehel Sotoun, and the traveller Jean Chardin published an account of the coronation of another leader of this dynasty. This dynasty traced its origins to a mystic order based in the town of Ardabil, which was led by such men as Joynad and Haydar. The Portuguese captured the island of Hormuz from this dynasty. The (*) English travelers Robert and Anthony Shirley trained this dynasty's army according to English methods. The Ottoman Sultan Selim the Grim defeated this dynasty at the Battle of Chaldiran, where they were led by Shah Ismail I. Reaching its apex under Abbas I, for 10 points, name this Shi'ite dynasty which ruled Persia from the 16th to the 18th centuries.
One leader of this dynasty built the palace of Chehel Sotoun, and the traveller Jean Chardin published an account of the coronation of another leader of this dynasty.
Safavid Empire or dynasty