Safi-ad-din Ardabili (1252-1334) original Turk is the founder of the Brotherhood safavieh, from which the Safavids who pronounced Iran in the xvi e century and xvii ste century . His name indicates that he came from the city of Ardabil .
Sheikh Safi al-Din was very influential in Azerbaijan and also on Rachideddin, the grand vizier of Oldjaytu, the grandson of Hulago Khan . He is the author of a lost book written in Turkish, Kara medjmua (literally "The black book"). He is the spiritual heir and son-in-law of the great Sufi murshid (grand master) Sheikh Zahed Gilani, from Lahijan in Gilan province in northern Iran .
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