Safaviya (sufi order)

Safaviya (sufi order)

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 Shi'ism as its principle of Islam, gained political and military power culminating in the foundation of the Iranian Safavid dynasty (1501-1722).

ee also

* Msha'sha'iya, a rival Shi'a sect


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