Safaviyeh
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Safaviyeh was the name of a Sufi order founded by the Persian mystic Sheikh Safi al-Din of Ardabil (1252-1334). it was built on the foundations of the preceding Zahediyeh order, which Sheikh Safi inherited from his mentor and father in law, Sheikh Zahed Gilani
The Safaviyeh Order, which gradually adopted shiaism as its principle of Islam, gained political and military power culminating in the foundation of the Iranian Safavid dynasty (1501-1722).
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See also
- Msha'sha'iya, a rival Shi'a sect