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Safi-ad-din Ardabili

1252 - 1334

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Safi-ad-Din Ardabili (Persian: صفی‌الدین اسحاق اردبیلی Ṣāfī ad-Dīn Isḥāq Ardabīlī; 1252/3 – 1334) was a poet, mystic, teacher and Sufi master. He was the son-in-law and spiritual heir of the Sufi master Zahed Gilani, whose order—the Zahediyeh—he reformed and renamed the Safaviyya, which he led from 1301 to 1334. Safi was the eponymous ancestor of the Safavid dynasty, which ruled Iran from 1501 to 1736. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Safi-ad-din Ardabili is the 972nd most popular religious figure (down from 818th in 2019), the 151st most popular biography from Iran (down from 135th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

Safi-ad-din Ardabili was a 13th century Muslim leader who was most famous for founding the Safavid Dynasty in Iran.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Safi-ad-din Ardabili ranks 972 out of 3,187. Before him are Keith O'Brien, William Miller, Karmapa, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Francis Arinze, and Antipope John VIII. After him are Ninian, Antipope Victor IV, Patrick Allen, Athanasius the Athonite, Fernando Filoni, and Saint Emeric of Hungary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1252, Safi-ad-din Ardabili ranks 2. Before him is Conradin. After him are John I, Duke of Brabant, Beatrice of Sicily, Latin Empress, and Hugh II of Cyprus. Among people deceased in 1334, Safi-ad-din Ardabili ranks 2. Before him is Pope John XXII. After him are Tarmashirin, and Otto IV, Duke of Lower Bavaria.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Safi-ad-din Ardabili ranks 151 out of 631. Before him are Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran (1960), Istakhri (850), Phraates V (-100), Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad (985), Pacorus I (-63), and Mithridates V of Parthia (100). After him are Arses of Persia (-360), Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (897), Musa al-Sadr (1928), Arsaces II of Parthia (-300), Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (1236), and Suleiman of Persia (1647).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Safi-ad-din Ardabili ranks 15. Before him are Ibn Majah (824), `Abdu'l-Bahá (1844), Mordecai (null), Sasan (200), Anastasius of Persia (550), and Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad (985). After him are Al-Juwayni (1028), Al-Bayhaqi (994), Piruz Nahavandi (700), Shaykh Tusi (995), Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (864), and Aga Khan II (1830).

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