The Safavid order (Persian: طریقت صفویه), also called the Safawiyya (Persian: صفویه, romanized: Safaviyeh), was a Sufi order (tariqa) founded by the mystic Zahed Gilani and named after his son-in-law and successor Safi al-Din Ardabili (1252–1334 AD). Starting in the early 1300s, the leaders of the Safavid movement clearly showed that they wanted political power as well as religious authority.
The Safavid order (Persian: طریقت صفویه), also called the Safawiyya (Persian: صفویه, romanized: Safaviyeh), was a Sufi order (tariqa) founded by the mystic Zahed Gilani and named after his son-in-law and successor Safi al-Din Ardabili (1252–1334 AD). Starting in the early 1300s, the leaders of the Safavid movement clearly showed that they wanted political power as well as religious authority.
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