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Safaviyya
The Safaviyya was a Sufi religious order founded by Safi al-Din Ardabili in Ardabil in north-western Iran in the late thirteenth or early fourteenth century. Over time it became increasingly militant and Shia in orientation and gained a devoted following among Turkmen tribes known as the Qizilbash. The order's leaders used this following to found the Safavid state in 1501.
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