Sultan Husayn

Sultan Husayn (also known as Soltan Hosayn and Soltan Hosein) (Persian: شاه سلطان حسین‎) (born ?1668; died 1726; reigned 1694–1722) was a Safavid king of Iran (Persia). He ruled from 1694 until he was overthrown in 1722 by Shah Mahmud Hotaki, an Afghan warrior of Pashtun ethnic background. His reign saw the downfall of the Safavid dynasty, which had ruled Persia since the beginning of the 16th century.