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Safavid Empire

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Forum Name: Post-Classical Middle East
Forum Discription: SW Asia, the Middle East and Islamic civilizations from 600s - 1900 AD
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Topic: Safavid Empire
Posted By: Afsar Beghi
Subject: Safavid Empire
Date Posted: 14-Jul-2006 at 16:34
I know the founder of this empire was a turk, but on internet I read that the empire was actually persian, look at what I found:

Origins
The Empire was founded by the Safavids, a Sufi order that goes back to Safi al-Din 1252-1334. Safi al-Din converted to Shi’ism and was a Persian nationalist. The Safavid brotherhood was originally a religious group.

Is this correct?


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Posted By: Zagros
Date Posted: 14-Jul-2006 at 16:49
It is but in a romantic way; exaggerated with nationalistic connotations.
 
Persian here means Iranian, since that is what the country was known as outside Iran, Ismail claimed paternal lineage from Mohamad and maternal from Sasanid Shahanshahs.
 
He certainly saw himself as the Shah of Iran and for sure he was fluent in a form of Turkish.  His most loyal soldiers were teh qizilbash (red heads) because tehy wore red turbans on their heads. 
 
 


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Posted By: Afsar Beghi
Date Posted: 14-Jul-2006 at 16:56
so there were ethnically turk, but "lived" the persian culture?

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Dadaloğlum bir gun kavga kurulur,
Oter tufek davlumbazlar vurulur,
Nice koç yiğitler yere serilir,
Olen ölür kalan sağlar bizimdir!


Posted By: Zagros
Date Posted: 14-Jul-2006 at 17:14
As far as I am concerned it is impossible to say with any certainty and not very important at that.
 
 


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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 16-Jul-2006 at 22:56
Originally posted by Afsar Beghi

so there were ethnically turk, but "lived" the persian culture?
 
No.. They did not live with Persian culture. they were one of the strickest Turkish state based on Turkish culture



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