Safi-ad-Din Ardabili
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Safi-ad-Din Ardabili (Persian: صفیالدین اسحاق اردبیلی Ṣāfī ad-Dīn Isḥāq Ardabīlī; 1252/3 – 1334) was a poet, mystic, teacher and Sufi master. He was the son-in-law and spiritual heir of the Sufi master Zahed Gilani, whose order—the Zahediyeh—he reformed and renamed the Safaviyya, which he led from 1301 to 1334.
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Title | Murshid |
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Born | 1252/3 |
Died | September 12, 1334(1334-09-12) (aged 81–82) Ardabil, Ilkhanate |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Spouse | Bibi Fatima |
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Jurisprudence | Shafi'i[1] |
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Predecessor | Zahed Gilani |
Successor | Sadr al-Din Musa (son) |
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Safi was the eponymous ancestor of the Safavid dynasty, which ruled Iran from 1501 to 1736.