650/1252 : Birth of Shaykh Ṣāfi ad-Dīn Ishāq[1]
700/1301 : Shaykh Ṣāfi ad-Dīn Ishāq assumed the leadership of a local Sufi order in Gilan[2]
735/1334 : Death of Shaykh Ṣāfi ad-Dīn Ishāq[1]
794/1391[n 1] : Death of Shaykh Ṣadr ad-Dīn Mūsā[3], Shaykh Khvāja ʿAlī becomes the leader[2]
832/1429 : Death of Shaykh Khvāja ʿAlī[3], Shaykh Ibrahīm becomes the leader[2]
851/1447 : Shaykh Ibrahim's term end, and beginning of Shaykh Junayd leadership[2]
893[4] 860/1460 : Death of Shaykh Junayd[4], during a fight against the Shirvanshah[2], Shaykh Ḥaydar becomes the leader of the order[2]
893/1488 : Death of Shaykh Ḥaydar, during a fight against the Shirvanshah and his ally Yaqub ruler of Aq Qoyunlu, who felt threatened by him[2], Sultān ʿAlī Mīrzā becomes the next leader of the order after his father death[2]
c. mid 1488 : Sultan Yaqub throws Sultān ʿAlī Mīrzā and his brothers and his mother to jail for the next 4 and half years[2]
898/1493 : Sultan Rustam[n 2] Releases of Sultān ʿAlī Mīrzā and his brothers and his mother from jail after 4 and half years[2]
Summer of 905/1499: Ismail left Lahijan to go to Ardabil[5]
Ḥalīma Begī Āghā (Persian: حلیمه بیگی آغا) known as ʿĀlamshāh Begum(Persian: عالم شاه بیگم)
Murshid Shaykh Ṣāfi ad-Dīn Ishāq | |
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شیخ صفیالدین اسحاق اردبیلی | |
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Safaviyya Order | |
In office 1301[2]–1334 | |
Preceded by | Order newly established |
Succeeded by | Shaykh Ṣadr ad-Dīn Mūsā |
Personal details | |
Born | 1252[1] |
Died | 1334 (aged 81–82)[1] Ardabil |
Resting place | Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble |
Spouse | Bibi Fatima daughter of Shaykh Zahed Gilani |
Children | Shaykh Ṣadr ad-Dīn Mūsā |
Parent |
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Residence | Ardabil |
Ethnicity | Kurd |
Shaykh Ṣadr ad-Dīn Mūsā
editMurshid Shaykh Ṣadr ad-Dīn Mūsā | |
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شیخ صدرالدین موسی | |
Safaviyya Order | |
In office 1334–1391 | |
Preceded by | Shaykh Ṣāfi ad-Dīn Ishāq |
Succeeded by | Shaykh Khvāja ʿAlī |
Personal details | |
Born | 1305 Kalkhuran |
Died | 1391 (aged 85–86)[3] Ardabil |
Children | Shaykh Khvāja ʿAlī |
Parents |
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Residence | Ardabil |
Ethnicity | Kurd |
Murshid Shaykh Khvāja ʿAlī | |
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شیخ خواجه علی | |
Safaviyya Order | |
In office 1391[2]–1424 | |
Preceded by | Shaykh Ṣadr ad-Dīn Mūsā |
Succeeded by | wait |
Personal details | |
Born | 1368 Ardabil |
Died | 1429 (aged 60–61)[3][2] Jerusalem |
Children | Wait |
Parents |
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Residence | Ardabil |
Ibrahim
editMurshid Shaykh Ibrahīm | |
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شیخ ابراهیم | |
Safaviyya Order | |
In office 1429[2]–1447[2] | |
Succeeded by | wait |
Personal details | |
Died | 1447 Ardabil |
Resting place | Ardabil |
Children | Shaykh Junayd |
Parents |
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Residence | Ardabil |
Jafar
editJunayd
editMurshid Shaykh Junayd | |
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شیخ جنید | |
Safaviyya Order | |
In office 1447[2]–1460 | |
Preceded by | Shaykh Ibrahim |
Succeeded by | Shaykh Ḥaydar |
Personal details | |
Born | ? Samur River valley |
Died | 1460[2] Həzrə, Qusar |
Resting place | Mausoleum of Sheikh Juneyd |
Spouse | Khadijah Khatun sister of Uzun Hasan[6] |
Children | Shaykh Ḥaydar[2] |
Parents |
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Relatives | Shaykh Jaʿfar (uncle) |
Residence | Ardabil |
Haydar
editMurshid Shaykh Ḥaydar | |
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شیخ حیدر | |
Safaviyya Order | |
In office 1460[2]–1488 | |
Preceded by | Shaykh Junayd[2] |
Succeeded by | Sultān ʿAlī Mīrzā[2] |
Personal details | |
Born | 1460 Diyarbakır, Aq Qoyunlu Empire (present-day Republic of Turkey) |
Died | 1488 (aged 27–28)[2] Samur River valley |
Resting place | Tomb of Sheikh Heydar in Meshginshahr, Iran |
Spouse(s) | Ḥalīma Begī Āghā (Persian: حلیمه بیگی آغا) known as ʿĀlamshāh Begum(Persian: عالم شاه بیگم), Daughter of Uzun Hasan[6][2] |
Children | Sultān ʿAlī Mīrzā[2] Ibrahīm Mīrzā (Persian: ابراهیم میرزا)[2] Ismail I[2] |
Parents |
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Residence | Ardabil |
Military service | |
Battles/wars | Battle against Shirvanshah and Aq Qoyunlu in 1488 C.E.[2] |
Murshid Sultān ʿAlī Mīrzā | |
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سلطان على ميرزا | |
Meeting between Babur Mirza and Sultan 'Ali Mirza near Samarqand | |
Safaviyya Order | |
In office 1488[2]–1494 | |
Preceded by | Shaykh Ḥaydar |
Succeeded by | Ismail I |
Personal details | |
Born | ? |
Died | July/August 1494 |
Resting place | Ardabil |
Parents |
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Relatives | Ibrahīm Mīrzā (Persian: ابراهیم میرزا), Brother[2] Ismail I Brother[2] |
Notes
editReferences
editBibliography
edit- Quinn, Sholeh A. (2010). "Iran under Safavid rule". In Morgan, David O.; Reid, Anthony (eds.). The Eastern Islamic World, Eleventh to Eighteenth Centuries. The New Cambridge History of Islam. Vol. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521850315.
- Savory, R.M.; Bruijn, J.T.P. de; Newman, A.J.; Welch, A.T.; Darley-Doran, R.E. (1995). "Ṣafawids". In Bearman, P.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C.E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W.P. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. 8 (2nd ed.). Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9004098348.