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The '''Safavid dynasty''', (Persian: دودمان صفوی, <small>romanized:</small> ''Dudmâne Safavi''<ref>* {{cite book|title=Tārīkh-i ʻʻālamārā-yi ʻʻAbbāsī|last1=Afšār|first1=ta·līf-i Iskandar Baig Turkmān. Zīr-i naẓar bā tanẓīm-i fihristhā wa muqaddama-i Īraǧ|date=2003|publisher=Mu·assasa-i Intišārāt-i Amīr Kabīr|isbn=978-964-00-0818-8|edition=Čāp-i 3.|location=Tihrān|pages=17, 18, 19, 79|language=fa}}
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== Origins ==
Before the Safavids, Iran was ruled by the Aq Qoyunlu, a Turkic<ref>The Book of Dede Korkut (F.Sumer, A.Uysal, W.Walker ed.). University of Texas Press. 1972. p. Introduction. {{ISBN|0-292-70787-8}}. "Better known as '''Turkomans'''
 (...) the interim '''Ak-Koyunlu''' and Karakoyunlu dynasties (...)"</ref><ref>Mikaberidze, Alexander (2011). Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia, vol. 1. Santa-Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio. p. 431. {{ISBN|978-159884-336-1}}. "His Qizilbash army overcame the massed forces of the dominant '''Ak Koyunlu''' (White Sheep) '''Turkomans''' (...)"</ref><ref>Quiring-Zoche, R. "AQ QOYUNLŪ". Encyclopædia Iranica. p. 163—168. "(...) a confederation of '''Turkman''' tribes who ruled in eastern Anatolia and western Iran (...)"</ref><ref>V. Minorsky. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vol. 17, No. 3 (1955), pp. 449—462: "There still remain many interesting and important problems connected with the emergence in the 14th century of the '''Turkman federations''' of the Qara-qoyunlu (780—874/1378-1469) and '''Aq-qoyunlu''' (780—908/1378-1502).''"''</ref> tribal confederation. The Safavids, unlike thei(contracted; show full)[[Category:History of Azerbaijan]]
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