Safi-ad-Din Ardabili
Safi-ad-din Ardabili | |
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Safi ad-din Ardabili surrounded by his disciples, as illustrated in a 16th-century Safavid manuscript of the Safvat as-safa. | |
| Title | Murshid |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1252/3 |
| Died | September 12, 1334 (aged 81–82) Ardabil, Ilkhanate |
| Spouse | Bibi Fatima, daughter of Zahed Gilani |
| Children | Muhiy al-Din Sadr al-Din Musa |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Senior posting | |
| Predecessor | Zahed Gilani |
| Successor | Sadr al-Din Musa (son) |
Safi-ad-Din Esḥāq Ardabili (Persian: صفیالدین اسحاق اردبیلی, romanized: 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.