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Safavids - Origins | | Safavids - Origins: Encyclopedia II - Safavids - Origins | | The Safavid dynasty had its origins in a long established Sufi order, called the Safaviyeh, which had flourished in Azerbaijan since the early 14th century. Its founder was Sheikh Safi al-Din (1252–1334), after whom it was named.
Sheikh Safi al-Din Abdul Fath Is'haq Ardabili came from Ardabil, a city in today's Iranian Azerbaijan where his shrine still exists. He was a disciple of the famed Sufi Grand Master Sheikh Zahed Gilani (1216–1301) of Lahijan. Spiritual heir to Sheikh Zahed, Safi Al-Din transformed the inherited Zah ...
See also:Safavids, Safavids - Origins, Safavids - Rise of the Safavid state, Safavids - Beginnings, Safavids - Establishment of Shi'ism as the state religion, Safavids - Shah Abbas, Safavids - Conflict between Turkmens and Persians during the Safavid Period, Safavids - Economy, Safavids - Culture, Safavids - Decline of the Safavid state, Safavids - Safavid Shahs of Iran | | | Safavids, Safavids - Beginnings, Safavids - Conflict between Turkmens and Persians during the Safavid Period, Safavids - Culture, Safavids - Decline of the Safavid state, Safavids - Economy, Safavids - Establishment of Shi'ism as the state religion, Safavids - Origins, Safavids - Rise of the Safavid state, Safavids - Safavid Shahs of Iran, Safavids - Shah Abbas | | |
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Safavids - Origins
The Safavid dynasty had its origins in a long established Sufi order, called the Safaviyeh, which had flourished in Azerbaijan since the early 14th century. Its founder was Sheikh Safi al-Din (1252–1334), after whom it was named.
Sheikh Safi al-Din Abdul Fath Is'haq Ardabili came from Ardabil, a city in today's Iranian Azerbaijan where his shrine still exists. He was a disciple of the famed Sufi Grand Master Sheikh Zahed Gilani (1216–1301) of Lahijan. Spiritual heir to Sheikh Zahed, Safi Al-Din transformed the inherited Zahediyeh Sufi Order into the Safaviyeh Order. Originally Safaviyeh was a spiritual response to the upheavals and unrest in northwest Iran/eastern Anatolia in the decades following the Mongol invasion. In the fifteenth century, the Safaviyeh gradually gained political and military clout in the power vacuum precipitated by the decline of the Timurid dynasty. After becoming the Safaviyeh leader in 1447, Junayd transformed it into a revolutionary Shi'ite movement with the goal of seizing power in Iran.
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