The Socio-Political Motives of Tension Between Safavid and Ottoman

Shah Ismaeil Safavi has formally pioneered the Safavid dynasty in 907 (Islamic calendar). He prompted an intense socio-political competition between Iran and Ottoman and within 228 years of Safavid reign, variety of tensions stirred up and arose between them. Initially, Shah Ismaeil was governing on relatively a small part of Iran but later as soon as possible he extended his political and spiritual influence realm. Such expansion ofinfluence caused extreme concernments of Ottoman government. In this article, the backgrounds and factors which prompted socio-political tension between Safavid and Ottoman are going to be studied. From those backgrounds the prince's asylum seeking, violations of the treaties, correspondence, interference in one another's governing realm and seeking dominance of the ways had played greater role in creation of tension oravoidance of war between Iran and Ottoman. The output of this article can be an apt historical symbol in consolidation of various Islamic sects and their governments and of those painful consequences of contention amongst the Muslims. So that having all these patterns kept in mind, the next proceedings and planning should be scheduled for unification and convergence of the Islamic states.