Daular Safavid , wanda ke mulki daga 1501 zuwa 1722 tare da ɗan taƙaitaccen maidowa daga 1729 zuwa 1736, galibi ana ganinsa azaman farkon tarihin Farisa na zamani.Sun kafa mazhabar Shi'a goma sha biyu a matsayin addinin kasa, wani muhimmin lamari a tarihin musulmi.A tsawonsu, Safawiyawa sun mallaki Iran ta zamani, Azarbaijan , Armeniya , Georgia , wasu sassa na Caucasus, Iraki , Kuwait, Afganistan , da wasu sassan Turkiyya , Siriya, Pakistan , Turkmenistan, da Uzbekistan, wanda ya mai da su daya daga cikin manyan 'yan bindigar Islama. dauloli" tare da Daular Ottoman da Mughal .^[44]Ismāil I ne ya kafa shi, wanda ya zama Shāh Ismāil ^[45] bayan ya kame Tabriz a shekara ta 1501, daular Safavid ta yi nasara a gwagwarmayar neman iko da ya gudana a Farisa bayan wargajewar Kara Koyunlu da Aq Qoyunlu.Ismāil ya yi sauri ya ƙarfafa mulkinsa bisa dukan Farisa.Zamanin Safawida ya ga gagarumin ci gaban gudanarwa, al'adu, da na soja.Sarakunan daular, musamman Shah Abbas na daya, sun aiwatar da sauye-sauye na soji tare da taimakon kwararrun Turawa irinsu Robert Shirley, sun karfafa huldar kasuwanci da kasashen Turai, tare da farfado da gine-gine da al'adun Farisa.Shah Abbas na kuma ya bi manufar korar da sake tsugunar da dimbin ‘yan Circassians, Jojiya, da Armeniya a cikin Iran, wani bangare na rage karfin ’yan kabilar Qizilbash.^[46]Duk da haka, da yawa daga cikin sarakunan Safawawa bayan Abbas I, ba su da wani tasiri, suna shagaltuwa cikin jin daɗi da yin watsi da harkokin ƙasa, wanda ya haifar da koma baya ga daular.Matsi na waje ne ya tsananta wannan raguwar, ciki har da hare-hare daga makwaftan kasashe.A cikin 1722, Mir Wais Khan, ɗan Ghilzai Pashtun, ya yi tawaye a Kandahar, kuma Peter Mai Girma na Rasha ya yi amfani da hargitsi don kwace yankunan Farisa.Sojojin Afganistan karkashin jagorancin Mahmud dan Mir Wais sun kame Isfahan tare da shelanta sabuwar doka.Daular Safawiyya ta kare a cikin wannan tashin hankali, kuma a shekara ta 1724, an raba yankunan Iran tsakanin Ottomans da Rasha a karkashin yarjejeniyar Konstantinoful.^[47] Halin Shi'a na Iran na zamani, da mahimman sassan iyakokin Iran na yanzu sun samo asali ne daga wannan zamani.Kafin hawan daular Safawiyya, Musuluncin Sunna shi ne addini mafi rinjaye, wanda ya kai kusan kashi 90% na al'ummar kasar a lokacin.^[53] A cikin karni na 10 da na 11 Fatimidawa sun tura Ismaili Da'i ('yan mishan) zuwa Iran da sauran kasashen musulmi.Lokacin da Isma'ila ya kasu kashi biyu, Nizaris ya kafa tushe a Iran.Bayan hare-haren Mongol a 1256 da faduwar Abbasiyawa, shugabannin Sunni sun lalace.Ba wai kawai sun rasa halifanci ba har ma da matsayin mazhabar hukuma.Rashinsu shi ne ribar Shi'a, wanda cibiyarsu ba ta Iran a wancan lokacin.Babban sauyin ya faru ne a farkon karni na 16, lokacin da Isma'il na daya ya kafa daular Safawadiya, ya kuma bullo da wata manufa ta addini ta amince da Shi'a Musulunci a matsayin addinin daular Safawiyya, kuma kasancewar Iran ta zamani ta kasance 'yar Shi'a a hukumance. It state sakamako ne kai tsaye sakamakon abinda Ismail yayi.A cewar Mortaza Motahhari mafi rinjayen malamai da talakawan Iran sun kasance sunna ne har zuwa zamanin Safawa.