Safi-ad-din Ardabili
poet, mystic, teacher and Sufi master
Safi-ad-din Ardabili (Persian: شیخ صفیالدین اردبیلی Ṣāfī ad-Dīn Isḥāq Ardabīlī; 1252/3 – 1334) was a Kurdish[1][2][3] poet, mystic, teacher and Sufi master.
Safi-ad-din Ardabili | |
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| Title | Murshid |
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| Born | 1252/3 Ardabil, Mongol Empire |
| Died | September 12, 1334 (aged 81–82) Ardabil, Ilkhanate |
| Religion | Sunni Islam (Shafi'i) |
| Spouse | Bibi Fatima |
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| Predecessor | Zahed Gilani |
| Successor | Sadr al-Din Musa (son) |
He was a descendant of Safavid dynasty Safi-ad-din Ardabili.[4]
References
change- ↑ Gelvin, James L. (2008), The Modern Middle East: A History, Oxford University Press, p. 331, "Shah Isma'il (reigned 1501-1520) Descendent of the Kurdish mystic Safi ad-Din (...)"
- ↑ Lapidus, Ira M. (2012). Islamic Societies to the Nineteenth Century: A Global History. Cambridge University Press. p. 492, "Shaykh Safi al—Din [...] a Sunni/Sufi religious teacher descended from a Kurdish family (...)"
- ↑ Tapper, Richard. (1997), Frontier nomads of Iran: a political and social history of the Shahsevan, Cambridge University Press, p. 39, "The Safavid Shahs who ruled Iran between 1501 and 1722 descended from Sheikh Safi ad-Din of Ardabil (1252-1334). [...] Their own origins were obscure: probably of Kurdish or Iranian extraction (...)"
- ↑ Tapper, Richard. (1997), Frontier nomads of Iran: a political and social history of the Shahsevan, Cambridge University Press, p. 39, "The Safavid Shahs who ruled Iran between 1501 and 1722 descended from Sheikh Safi ad-Din of Ardabil (1252-1334)."
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