{"id":"ismail-ii","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ismail-ii","language":"en","name":"Ismail II","name_en":"Ismail II","name_ne":null,"description":"Safavid Shah of Iran from 1576 to 1577","headline":"Safavid Shah of Iran from 1576 to 1577","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Ismail II was the third shah of Safavid Iran from 1576 to 1577. He was the second son of Tahmasp I with his principal consort, Sultanum Begum of the Mawsillu clan of the Aq Qoyunlu confederation. On the orders of Tahmasp, Ismail spent twenty years imprisoned in Qahqaheh Castle; whether for his recurrent conflicts with the realm's influential vassals, or for his growing popularity with the Qizilbash tribes, resulting in Tahmasp becoming wary of his son's influence.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"31 August 1533","date":"1533-08-31"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123088#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Qom","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170573"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123088#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"24 November 1577","date":"1577-11-24"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123088#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Qazvin","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181578"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123088#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Safavid Iran","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18234383"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123088#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"monarch","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116"},{"text":"astronomer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11063"},{"text":"poet","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49757"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123088#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"list of Safavid monarchs (22 August 1576 – 24 November 1577)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20110796","start":"1576-08-22","end":"1577-11-24"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123088#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_II","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123088"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Ismail II born?","a":"Ismail II was born on 31 August 1533 in Qom."},{"q":"What positions has Ismail II held?","a":"Positions held by Ismail II include: list of Safavid monarchs (1576–1577)."}],"related":[{"name":"Abbas the Great","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abbas-the-great"},{"name":"Suleiman I of Persia","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/suleiman-i-of-persia"},{"name":"Ismail I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ismail-i"},{"name":"Abbas II of Persia","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abbas-ii-of-persia"},{"name":"Tahmasp I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tahmasp-i"},{"name":"Mohammad Khodabanda","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohammad-khodabanda"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/ismail-ii-7348070529.jpg","width":500,"height":642,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Attributed to Ali Asghar. 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Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-04T06:57:40Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/ismail-ii","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/ismail-ii","ne":null}}