Safavid order

Safaviyeh was the name of the Sufi order founded by Sheikh Safi Al-Din ( 1252 - 1334 ). The Safaviyeh Order gained political and military power culminating in the foundation of the Persian Safavid Dynasty ( 1501 - 1722 ). v t e

The Safaviyya ( Persian : صفویه) was a Sufi order founded by the Kurdish mystic Sheikh Safi-ad-din Ardabili (1252–1334). It held a prominent place in the society and politics of northwestern Iran in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, but today it is best known for having given rise to the Safavid dynasty . Safī al-Din grew up in Ardabil but left it, for lack of adequate teachers, and travelled to Shiraz and then Gilan . In Gilan, he became the disciple of Sheikh Zahid , leader of the Zahidī Sufi order. He eventually became Sheikh Zahid 's chief disciple and married his daughter. Upon Sheikh Zahid 's death, the Zahidiyya came under Safī al-Din 's leadership and was renamed the Safaviyya . Safī al-Din 's importance is attested in two letters by Rashid al-Din . In one, Rashid al-Din pledges an annual offering of foodstuffs. In the other, Rashid al-Din writes to his son, the governor of Ardabil, advising him to show proper consideration to the sheikh. After Safī al-Din 's death, leadership of the order passed to his son Sadr al-Dīn Mūsā , and subsequently passed down from father to son. In the mid-fifteenth century, the Safaviyya changed in character and became militant under Shaykh Junayd and Shaykh Haydar , launching jihads against the Christians of Georgia . Haydar's grandson, Ismail , further altered the nature of the order when he founded the Safavid empire in 1501 and proclaimed Twelver Shi'ism the state religion. The Poetry of Shāh Ismā‘īl I," Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , University of London 10/4 (1942): 1006–53. Browne, Literary History of Persia , vol. 4, 33–4.

The Safavid order , also called the Safaviyya ( ), was a tariqa ( Sufi order ) founded by the Kurdish mystic Safi-ad-din Ardabili (1252–1334). It held a prominent place in the society and politics of northwestern Iran in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, but today it is best known for having given rise to the Safavid dynasty . The Poetry of Shāh Ismā‘īl I," Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , University of London 10/4 (1942): 1006–53.

Iranian Sufi mystic order in Shia Islam Safaviyya star from ceiling of Shah Mosque, Isfahan The Safavid order , also called the Safaviyya ( ), was a tariqa ( Sufi order ) founded by the Kurdish mystic Safi-ad-din Ardabili (1252–1334). It held a prominent place in the society and politics of northwestern Iran in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, but today it is best known for having given rise to the Safavid dynasty . The courtyard wall of Chilakhana courtyard appears in the background, while the Haramkhana is seen in the right foreground" .

Iranian Sufi mystic order in Shia Islam The Safavid order ( Persian : طریقت صفویه ) also called the Safaviyya (Persian: صفویه ) was a Kurdish Sufi order ( tariqa ) founded by the mystic Safi-ad-Din Ardabili (1252–1334 AD). It held a prominent place in the society and politics of northwestern Iran in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, but today it is best known for having given rise to the Safavid dynasty . Starting in the early 1300s , the leaders of the Safavid movement clearly showed that they wanted political power as well as religious authority. This ambition made the rulers of western Iran and Iraq first feel uneasy, and later, they became openly hostile. Even though three Safavid leaders in a row ( Junayd in 1460, Heydar in 1488, and Ali in 1494) were killed in battle, the movement was still strong enough to succeed and lead to the founding of the Safavid dynasty in 1501. The Safavid kings based their authority on three core beliefs: that they were divinely appointed to rule Iran, that they acted as the earthly representatives of the Muhammad al-Mahdi —the Twelfth Imam in Twelver Shi‘ism who is expected to return and bring about a just and peaceful world—and that they served as the moršed-e kāmel , or perfect spiritual guide, of the Safavid Sufi order. However, in the period just before the Safavid state was officially founded, their religious propaganda , known as da‘va, went beyond these claims. The courtyard wall of Chilakhana courtyard appears in the background, while the Haramkhana is seen in the right foreground" . History of Shah 'Abbas the Great (Tārīkh-e ‘Ālamārā-ye ‘Abbāsī) / Roger M.