Ismail I, wanda aka fi sani da Shah Ismail, shi ne wanda ya kafa daular Safawad ta Iran, wanda ya yi sarauta a matsayin Sarkin Sarakunanta (shahanshah) daga 1501 zuwa 1524. Ana daukar mulkinsa a matsayin farkon tarihin Iran na zamani, kuma yana daya daga cikin daulolin gunpowder.Mulkin Ismail I yana daya daga cikin mafi muhimmanci a tarihin Iran.Kafin hawansa a shekara ta 1501, Iran, tun bayan cin nasarar da Larabawa suka yi a karni takwas da rabi a baya, ba ta wanzu a matsayin kasa guda daya a karkashin mulkin Iran na asali ba, amma jerin halifofi na Larabawa, sarakunan Turkawa, suna iko da su. da Mongol Khans.Duk da cewa daulolin Iran da yawa sun hau kan karagar mulki a tsawon wannan lokaci, a karkashin Buyids ne kawai wani yanki mai yawa na Iran ya koma mulkin Iran (945-1055).Daular da Isma'il ya kafa I za ta yi mulki sama da ƙarni biyu, kasancewarta ɗaya daga cikin manyan daulolin Iran kuma a lokacinta tana ɗaya daga cikin daulolin da suka fi ƙarfin zamaninta, suna mulkin Iran a yau, Jamhuriyar Azerbaijan , Armeniya , galibin Jojiya. , Arewacin Caucasus, Iraki , Kuwait, da Afghanistan , da kuma wasu sassan Siriya na zamani, Turkiyya , Pakistan , Uzbekistan, da Turkmenistan.Har ila yau, ta sake tabbatar da kasancewar Iran a manyan sassan Iran.Gadon daular Safawiyya kuma ita ce farfaɗowar Iran a matsayin matattarar tattalin arziki tsakanin Gabas da Yamma, kafa ƙasa mai inganci da tsarin mulki wanda ya dogara da “check and balances”, sabbin fasahohinta na gine-gine, da kuma taimakon fasahar fasaha.Daya daga cikin ayyukansa na farko shi ne shelanta kungiyar Shi'a ta 'yan-sha-biyu a matsayin addinin sabuwar daular Farisa da ya kafa, wanda ke zama daya daga cikin muhimman abubuwan da suka canza a tarihin Musulunci, wanda ya haifar da babban sakamako ga tarihin da ya biyo baya. Iran.Ya haifar da rikicin addini a yankin gabas ta tsakiya a lokacin da ya rusa kaburburan halifofin Abbasiyawa, da Imaman Sunna Abu Hanifa an-Nu'man, da kuma mai kishin addinin Sufanci Abdulkadir Gilani a shekara ta 1508. Bugu da ƙari kuma, wannan tsattsauran mataki ya kuma ba shi siyasa. fa'idar raba daular Safawiyya mai girma daga makwabtanta 'yan Sunna - Daular Usmaniyya zuwa yamma da Tarayyar Uzbek zuwa gabas.Duk da haka, ya kawo a cikin siyasar Iran da maƙasudin rashin yiwuwar rikici tsakanin Sarki Shah, tsarin tsarin "kasashen duniya", da kuma shugabannin addini, waɗanda suke ganin duk ƙasashen da ba ruwansu da addini a matsayin haramun ne kuma burinsu na tsarin mulkin Allah ne.