Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam

Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam - historical event. Article "Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam" in English Wikipedia has 83.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 75 references and 17 sections.

This article has the best quality in Azerbaijani Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In June 2025 the article "Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam" was edited by 4 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 6 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam", its content was written by 150 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 367 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 379 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1012 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #19093 in December 2020
• Global: #15590 in December 2024

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #67704 in June 2025
• Global: #62544 in June 2025

There are 10 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Azerbaijani (az) Səfəvilərin əhalini şiələşdirməsi		93.3333
2	English (en) Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam		83.9043
3	Spanish (es) Conversión al chiismo de Irán		79.6978
4	Urdu (ur) ایران میں سنیت سے شیعت کی صفوی تبدیلی		65.1645
5	Arabic (ar) تحويل الصفويين لإيران من المذهب السني إلى الشيعي		56.9429
6	French (fr) Conversion de l'Iran au chiisme duodécimain par les Séfévides		46.8109
7	Persian (fa) تغییر مذهب ایرانیان از سنی به شیعه		46.1516
8	Turkish (tr) Safevîlerin İran'ı Şiileştirmesi		41.7249
9	Romanian (ro) Convertirea Iranului la islamul șiit		25.5205
10	Chinese (zh) 伊朗转向什叶派		24.2904

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam		922 151
2	Persian (fa) تغییر مذهب ایرانیان از سنی به شیعه		588 056
3	Arabic (ar) تحويل الصفويين لإيران من المذهب السني إلى الشيعي		467 229
4	Turkish (tr) Safevîlerin İran'ı Şiileştirmesi		27 966
5	Urdu (ur) ایران میں سنیت سے شیعت کی صفوی تبدیلی		6 513
6	Romanian (ro) Convertirea Iranului la islamul șiit		5 914
7	Azerbaijani (az) Səfəvilərin əhalini şiələşdirməsi		5 787
8	French (fr) Conversion de l'Iran au chiisme duodécimain par les Séfévides		5 152
9	Spanish (es) Conversión al chiismo de Irán		773
10	Chinese (zh) 伊朗转向什叶派		767

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam		15 992
2	Arabic (ar) تحويل الصفويين لإيران من المذهب السني إلى الشيعي		9 061
3	Persian (fa) تغییر مذهب ایرانیان از سنی به شیعه		2 135
4	Turkish (tr) Safevîlerin İran'ı Şiileştirmesi		811
5	Azerbaijani (az) Səfəvilərin əhalini şiələşdirməsi		330
6	Urdu (ur) ایران میں سنیت سے شیعت کی صفوی تبدیلی		290
7	French (fr) Conversion de l'Iran au chiisme duodécimain par les Séfévides		230
8	Spanish (es) Conversión al chiismo de Irán		212
9	Romanian (ro) Convertirea Iranului la islamul șiit		150
10	Chinese (zh) 伊朗转向什叶派		109

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam		150
2	Persian (fa) تغییر مذهب ایرانیان از سنی به شیعه		113
3	Arabic (ar) تحويل الصفويين لإيران من المذهب السني إلى الشيعي		54
4	Azerbaijani (az) Səfəvilərin əhalini şiələşdirməsi		16
5	French (fr) Conversion de l'Iran au chiisme duodécimain par les Séfévides		12
6	Turkish (tr) Safevîlerin İran'ı Şiileştirmesi		7
7	Spanish (es) Conversión al chiismo de Irán		6
8	Urdu (ur) ایران میں سنیت سے شیعت کی صفوی تبدیلی		6
9	Romanian (ro) Convertirea Iranului la islamul șiit		2
10	Chinese (zh) 伊朗转向什叶派		1

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam		4
2	Arabic (ar) تحويل الصفويين لإيران من المذهب السني إلى الشيعي		2
3	Azerbaijani (az) Səfəvilərin əhalini şiələşdirməsi		0
4	Spanish (es) Conversión al chiismo de Irán		0
5	Persian (fa) تغییر مذهب ایرانیان از سنی به شیعه		0
6	French (fr) Conversion de l'Iran au chiisme duodécimain par les Séfévides		0
7	Romanian (ro) Convertirea Iranului la islamul șiit		0
8	Turkish (tr) Safevîlerin İran'ı Şiileştirmesi		0
9	Urdu (ur) ایران میں سنیت سے شیعت کی صفوی تبدیلی		0
10	Chinese (zh) 伊朗转向什叶派		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam		379
2	Persian (fa) تغییر مذهب ایرانیان از سنی به شیعه		367
3	Arabic (ar) تحويل الصفويين لإيران من المذهب السني إلى الشيعي		107
4	Azerbaijani (az) Səfəvilərin əhalini şiələşdirməsi		87
5	Urdu (ur) ایران میں سنیت سے شیعت کی صفوی تبدیلی		46
6	Turkish (tr) Safevîlerin İran'ı Şiileştirmesi		10
7	French (fr) Conversion de l'Iran au chiisme duodécimain par les Séfévides		8
8	Spanish (es) Conversión al chiismo de Irán		4
9	Romanian (ro) Convertirea Iranului la islamul șiit		4
10	Chinese (zh) 伊朗转向什叶派		0

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تحويل الصفويين لإيران من المذهب السني إلى الشيعي
az	Azerbaijani Səfəvilərin əhalini şiələşdirməsi
en	English Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam
es	Spanish Conversión al chiismo de Irán
fa	Persian تغییر مذهب ایرانیان از سنی به شیعه
fr	French Conversion de l'Iran au chiisme duodécimain par les Séfévides
ro	Romanian Convertirea Iranului la islamul șiit
tr	Turkish Safevîlerin İran'ı Şiileştirmesi
ur	Urdu ایران میں سنیت سے شیعت کی صفوی تبدیلی
zh	Chinese 伊朗转向什叶派

Best Rank

English: #67704 06.2025

Global: #62544 06.2025

Best Rank

English: #19093 12.2020

Global: #15590 12.2024

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