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Safavid dynasty
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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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The Safavid shahs established the Twelver school of Shia Islam as the official religion of the empire.<ref>Roger Savory, "Safavids", Encyclopedia of Islam, 2nd ed.</ref>


== Family tree ==
Paternal lineage of the Safavid dynasty;

* Firuz-Shah Zarrin-Kolah (a Kurdish<ref>Syed, Muzaffar Husain; Akhtar, Syed Saud; Usmani, B. D. (2011). Concise History of Islam. Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. p. 204, "(...) a '''Kurdish''' noble man named '''Firuz Shah Zarin Kolah''' the '''Kurd''' of Sanjan."</ref> noble man.)
* Avaad 
* Qotb al-Din Mohammad 
* Salah al-Din Rashid 
* Qotb al-Din Abu Bakr
* Amin al-Din Jebrail 
* Safi-ad-din Ardabili (a Kurdish poet, mystic teacher and Sufi master.)
* Sadr al-Din Musa
* Sheikh Khvajeh Ali Safavi
* Sheikh Ibrahim Shāh
* Sheikh Junāyd
* Sheikh Haydar
* Shah Ismail I (Founder of Safavid dynasty, grandson of Kurdish mystic Safi-ad-din Ardabili.)
* Shah Tahmasp I
* Shah Ismail II{{Efn|One of Shah Tahmasb's two sons.}}
* Shah Mohammad Khodabanda{{Efn|One of Shah Tahmasb's two sons.}} 
* Shah Abbas I/Abbas the Great 
* Mohammad Baqer Mirza
* Shah Safi
* Shah Abbas II
* Shah Suleiman I/Sam Mirza/Safi II
* Sultan Husayn
* Shah Tahmasp II
* Shah Abbas III⏎
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