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The '''Safavids''' ({{PerB|صفویان}}) were a [[Shi’a]] [[dynasty]] of [[Azerbaijani]] descent<ref name="fryeiranica">[http://www.iranica.com/newsite/articles/v13f3/v13f3004a.html Encyclopaedia Iranica. R. N. Frye. Peoples of Iran.]</ref>, which ruled [[Iran]] from 1502 till 1722. Originating in [[Ardabil]] in [[Iranian Azerbaijan]], they created the greatest Iranian empire <ref>Andrew J. Newman, Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire,  I. B. Tauris (March 30, 2006) </ref> since the [[Islamic conquest of Persia]], and established the [[Twelvers|Ithnāˤashari school]] of [[Imamah (Shi'a twelver doctrine)|Shi'a Islam]]<ref name="savoryeiref"> R.M. Savory, ''Safavids'', [[Encyclopedia of Islam]], 2nd edition</ref> as the official religion. Despite their demise in 1722, the Safavids have left their mark down to present era by establishing Shia Islam in major parts of the [[Western Asia]].
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The '''Safavids''' were a [[Shiite]] dynasty of Azerbaijani descent<ref>[http://www.iranica.com/newsite/articles/v13f3/v13f3004a.html Encyclopaedia Iranica. R. N. Frye. Peoples of Iran.]</ref>, which ruled [[Iran]] from 1502 till 1722. They Originated in Iranian [[Azerbaijan]] creating one of the greatest Iranian dynasties <ref>Andrew J. Newman, Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire,  I. B. Tauris (March 30, 2006) </ref> since the [[Islamic]] conquest of Iran, and established a school of Shiite Islam<ref>Encyclopedia of Islam, 2nd edition</ref> as the official religion. Despite their demise in 1722, the Safavids have left their mark down to present era by establishing the Shiite Muslim religion in Iran.
  
  

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The Safavids were a Shiite dynasty of Azerbaijani descent[1], which ruled Iran from 1502 till 1722. They Originated in Iranian Azerbaijan creating one of the greatest Iranian dynasties [2] since the Islamic conquest of Iran, and established a school of Shiite Islam[3] as the official religion. Despite their demise in 1722, the Safavids have left their mark down to present era by establishing the Shiite Muslim religion in Iran.


Sources

The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Bulliet et al, 2005.

References

  1. ↑ Encyclopaedia Iranica. R. N. Frye. Peoples of Iran.
  2. ↑ Andrew J. Newman, Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire, I. B. Tauris (March 30, 2006)
  3. ↑ Encyclopedia of Islam, 2nd edition
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