Safavid Iran was multi-ethnic and multi-religious. In the 17th century, Christians within the empire consisted primarily of three groups;[1]
- Georgians belonging to the Georgian Orthodox Church
- Armenians belonging to the Armenian Apostolic Church
- Roman Catholics, consisting of European missionaries and recent converts (primarily Armenians)
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editReferences
edit- ^ Kołodziejczyk 2017, p. 21.
Sources
edit- Floor, Willem; Herzig, Edmund, eds. (2012). Iran and the World in the Safavid Age. I.B. Tauris. pp. 1–672. ISBN 978-1780769905.
- Kołodziejczyk, Dariusz (2017). "Christians in the Safavid Empire". In Thomas, David; Chesworth, John A. (eds.). Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. Volume 10 Ottoman and Safavid Empires (1600-1700). BRILL. pp. 21–33. ISBN 978-9004346048.