A shekara ta 1466, Aq Qoyunlu, ko Farin Tumaki Turkmen, sun mamaye Qara Qoyunlu, ko Baƙar fata Turkmen, inda suka sami iko da yankin.Wannan sauyin mulki ya biyo bayan hawan Safavids, wadanda daga karshe suka yi galaba a kan Turkmen na Farin Tumaki kuma suka dauki iko da Mesopotamiya.Daular Safawiyya , wacce ta yi mulki daga 1501 zuwa 1736, ta kasance daya daga cikin manyan dauloli na Iran.Sun yi mulki daga 1501 zuwa 1722, tare da ɗan gajeren sabuntawa tsakanin 1729 zuwa 1736 da daga 1750 zuwa 1773.A tsayin ƙarfinsu, Daular Safavid ta ƙunshi Iran ta zamani ba kawai ba amma har zuwa Azerbaijan , Bahrain, Armenia , Gabashin Jojiya , sassan Arewacin Caucasus (ciki har da yankuna a cikin Rasha), Iraki, Kuwait, Afghanistan , da sassan. Turkiyya , Siriya, Pakistan , Turkmenistan da Uzbekistan.Wannan iko mai fa'ida ya sanya daular Safawiyya ta zama wata babbar hukuma a yankin, wanda ya yi tasiri a fagen al'adu da siyasa na wani yanki mai fadi.