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Ali Mirza Karkiya
Ali Mirza Karkiya was a ruler of the Karkiya dynasty of Zaydi sayyids in eastern Gilan, on Iran's Caspian coast, with his seat at Lahijan. From 1494 to 1499 he sheltered the young Ismail, heir of the Safavid order, against the Aq Qoyunlu. Ismail left Lahijan in 1499 to begin the campaigns that founded the Safavid Empire.
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