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Safavid order
Iranian Sufi mystic order in Shia Islam / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Safavid order, also called the Safaviyya (Persian: صفویه), was a Sufi order (Tariqa)[1][2] founded by the Kurdish[3][4] mystic Safi-ad-Din Ardabili (1252–1334 AD). It held a prominent place in the society and politics of North Western Iran in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, but today it is best known for having given rise to the Safavid dynasty.
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