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Who was the religious tyrant that insisted all people living in the Safavid empire convert to Shi’ism?

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Shah Isma'il.

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Shah Isma'il was the leader of the Safavid army who became the Shah/King of the Safavid Empire after conquering a large portion of modern Iran at a very young age.

He established Shi'ism, also known as Shi'a Islam, as the empire's religion and insisted all people living in Safavid Empire to convert into Shi’ism. He was very intolerant to any opposition or cristism towards his policy of conversion. Any person found opposing to his conversion policy was put to death immediately.

Shah Isma'il was a religious tyrant who also destroyed and killed many Sunni population who were living in Baghdad during his conflict with the Ottomans.

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