Haydar Mirza Safavi, Safavid prince (died 1576)

Haydar Mirza Safavi

Safavid prince (1554–1576)

Haydar Mirza Safavi was a Safavid prince who declared himself as the king (shah) of Iran on 15 May 1576, the day after his father Tahmasp I had died. He was, however, killed that same day by the Qizilbash tribes that favoured his brother Ismail Mirza Safavi as the successor of…