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Safavid Iran was multi-ethnic and multi-religious. In the 17th century, Christians within the empire consisted primarily of three groups;

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)

See also

References

Kołodziejczyk 2017, p. 21.

Sources

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.

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