Why did the safavid empire eventually decline?
Score: 4.9/5 (64 votes) Shah Sultan Hossein, who ruled from 1694 to 1792, was the main cause of the end of the Safavid Empire. ... In 1722 Esfahan was invaded by Afghans who murdered Shah Sultan Hossein, and in turn the Ottomans and the Russians began seizing territories in Iran and the Safavid Empi...