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Safavi (surname)

Safavi is a Persian surname, best known as the surname of the royal family of the Safavid Dynasty.

Safavi

Safavī may refer to the following:

  • Safavid dynasty which ruled Azerbaijan in 16th and 17th centuries
  • Safavi (surname) which is the surname of members of the Safavid dynasty and their descendants.
  • Safaviya, a Sufi order founded by Safi-ad-din Ardabili
  • Navvab Safavi, a militant Iranian cleric and the founder of Feda'iyan-e Islam
  • Yahya Rahim Safavi, a commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards

Usage examples of "safavi".

Isfahan was the capital of the Safavi empire, where there flourished a school of painters of miniatures, led by Bihzard, of carpet weavers, and of highly individualised writers of memoirs.