700
Years History of Baniabbassian and Bastak
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The History of Bastak can be traced back to the Safavids era.When the
Safavids under Ismail 1 decided to convert all Iranians from Sunni to
Shiite Islam in 1501,they started arranged attacks and massacres
against those who refused to convert.As a result,many Sunni left their
hometowns for the Zagros mountains.After the Battle of Chaldiran the
Safavids lost to the Ottoman Turks and the Sunnis in the south and the
coasts of the Gulf descended from the mountains to begin a new life in
the land they named 'Bastak'.