Qizilbash

Mannequin of a Safavid Qizilbash soldier, exhibited in Sa'dabad , Iran . Qizilbash or Kizilbash ( Nastaliq : قزلباش - Qızılbāš ; Ottoman Turkish for "Crimson/Red Heads"; sometimes also Qezelbash or Qazilbash ) is the label given to a wide variety of Shia Islamic militant groups ( ghulāt ) that flourished in Anatolia and Kurdistan from the late 13th century onwards, some of which contributed to the foundation of the Safavid dynasty of Iran . The expression "Red Heads" is derived from their distinctive twelve gored crimson head wear ( tāj or tark in Persian), known in Persian as "Haydar's Crown" ( تاج حیدر - Tāj-e Ḥaydar ), indicating their adherence to the twelve Ithnā‘asharī Imāms and to Ḥaydar Ṣafawī , the spiritual leader ( sheikh ) of the Ṣafawiyyah movement. The Qazilbash form appears to be used primarily in Pakistan ; it is attested, e.g. in Gupta, Hari Ram (editor) (1956) Panjab on the eve of first Sikh War: a documentary study of the political, social and economic conditions of the Panjab as depicted in the daily letters written chiefly from Lahore by British intelligencers during the period 30 December, 1848 to 31 October, 1844 Department of History, Panjab University, Hoshiarpur, India, page 199, OCLC 460671525 ; and Khan, Tahawar Ali (1985) "Imtiaz Ali-Qazilbash" Biographical encyclopedia of Pakistan Biographical Research Institute, Lahore, Pakistan, page 101, OCLC 14193680 Roger M. Abdülbaki Gölpinarli), Encyclopaedia of Islam , "Kizil-Bash", Online Edition 2005 Note: Tāj , meaning crown in Persian, is also a term for hats used to delineate one's affiliation to a particular Sufi order.

Shia group For the surname, see Qizilbash (name) . Mannequin of a Safavid Qizilbash soldier, exhibited in the Sa'dabad Complex , Iran Principles Monotheism Justice Prophethood Imamate Judgement Day Other beliefs Imamate of the Family Angels Mourning of Muharram Intercession Occultation Wilayat al-Faqih Usul al-fiqh Ijtihad Taqlid Irfan Practices Salat Sawm Hajj Zakat Khums Jihad Amr bi-l maʿrūf Nahy ani l-Munkar Tawalli Tabarri Other practices Mourning of Muharram Arba'een Pilgrimage Intercession Holy cities Mecca Medina Najaf Karbala Mashhad Jerusalem Samarra Kadhimiya Qom Groups Ja'fari Usuli Akhbari Shaykhi Other related sects and groups Alawites Sufi orders and Alevism Qizilbash Safaviyya Bektashism and folk religion Malamatiyya Qalandariyya Hurufism Bektashism Galibi Ni'matullāhī Scholarship Law Marja' ( list ) Hawza Ayatollah ( list ) Allamah Seghatoleslam Mohyeddin Hojatoleslam Ijtihad Hadith collections The Four Books Kitab al-Kafi Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih Tahdhib al-Ahkam Al-Istibsar Other hadith collections Book of Sulaym ibn Qays Bihar al-Anwar Wasā'il al-Shīʿa Reality of Certainty Nahj al-Balagha Mafatih al-Jinan Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya Al-Amali Sources of ijtihad and jurisprudence Qur'an Hadiths of The Infallibles Consensus Reason Related topics List of Twelver Shia books Criticism of Twelver Shi'ism Shia Islam portal v t e Qizilbash or Kizilbash ( , "Red-Head", , / Qezelbāš ), were a wide variety of Shi'i militant groups that flourished in Iranian Azerbaijan (historic Azerbaijan, also known as "Iranian Azerbaijan"), Anatolia and Kurdistan from the late 15th century onwards, some of which contributed to the foundation of the Safavid dynasty of Iran. In Bengal and Bihar , they fought against the East India Company 's army as mercenaries of Mir Qasim (1763). Voices of Islam (Praeger perspectives) . [...] In general, it is used loosely to denote a wide variety of extremist Shi'i sects [see Ghulāt], which flourished in [V:243b] Anatolia and Kurdistān from the late 7th/13th century onwards, including such groups as the Alevis (see A. Tritton, Islam: belief and practices , London 1951, 83)." W.

Shia group For the surname, see Qizilbash (name) . Principles Monotheism Justice Prophethood Imamate Judgement Day Other beliefs Imamate of the Family Angels Mourning of Muharram Intercession Occultation Wilayat al-Faqih Usul al-fiqh Ijtihad Taqlid Irfan Practices Salat Sawm Hajj Zakat Khums Jihad Amr bi-l maʿrūf Nahy ani l-Munkar Tawalli Tabarri Other practices Mourning of Muharram Arba'een Pilgrimage Intercession Holy cities Mecca Medina Najaf Karbala Mashhad Jerusalem Samarra Kadhimiya Qom Groups Ja'fari Usuli Akhbari Shaykhi Other related sects and groups Alawites Sufi orders and Alevism Qizilbash Safaviyya Bektashism and folk religion Malamatiyya Qalandariyya Hurufism Bektashism Galibi Ni'matullāhī Scholarship Law Marja' ( list ) Hawza Ayatollah ( list ) Allamah Seghatoleslam Mohyeddin Hojatoleslam Ijtihad Hadith collections The Four Books Kitab al-Kafi Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih Tahdhib al-Ahkam Al-Istibsar Other hadith collections Book of Sulaym ibn Qays Bihar al-Anwar Wasā'il al-Shīʿa Reality of Certainty Nahj al-Balagha Mafatih al-Jinan Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya Al-Amali Sources of ijtihad and jurisprudence Qur'an Hadiths of The Infallibles Consensus Reason Related topics List of Twelver Shia books Criticism of Twelver Shi'ism Shia Islam portal v t e Qizilbash or Kizilbash ( ; ; ; ) were a diverse array of mainly Turkoman Shia militant groups that flourished in Azerbaijan , Anatolia , the Armenian highlands , the Caucasus , and Kurdistan from the late 15th century onwards, and contributed to the foundation of the Safavid dynasty in early modern Iran . "The Qizilbash , composed mainly of Turkman tribesmen , were the military force introduced by the conquering Safavis to the Iranian domains in the sixteenth century." Cornell, Vincent J. Voices of Islam (Praeger perspectives) . [...] In general, it is used loosely to denote a wide variety of extremist Shi'i sects [see Ghulāt], which flourished in [V:243b] Anatolia and Kurdistān from the late 7th/13th century onwards, including such groups as the Alevis (see A. Tritton, Islam: belief and practices , London 1951, 83)."

Shia militant groups For the surname, see Qizilbash (name) . Qizilbash troops of Shah Ismail I . Circa 1647 painting, Chehel Sotoun Qizilbash or Kizilbash were a diverse array of mainly Turkoman Shia militant groups that flourished in Azerbaijan , Anatolia , the Armenian highlands , the Caucasus from the late 15th century onwards, and contributed to the foundation of the Safavid dynasty in early modern Iran . By the 18th-century, anyone involved with the Safavid state—militarily, diplomatically, or administratively—came to be broadly referred to as "Qizilbash". It was eventually applied to some inhabitants of Iran. In the early 19th-century, Shia Muslims from Iran could be referred as "Qizilbash", thus highlighting the influence of the distinctive traits of the Safavids, despite the Iranian shah (king) Fath-Ali Shah Qajar ( r. 1797–1834 ) simultaneously creating a Qajar dynastic identity grounded in the pre-Islamic past. There are <ref group=Note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ). "The Qizilbash , composed mainly of Turkman tribesmen , were the military force introduced by the conquering Safavis to the Iranian domains in the sixteenth century." Cornell, Vincent J. Voices of Islam (Praeger perspectives) . [...] In general, it is used loosely to denote a wide variety of extremist Shi'i sects [see Ghulāt], which flourished in [V:243b] Anatolia and Kurdistān from the late 7th/13th century onwards, including such groups as the Alevis (see A.