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Safavid

Sa fa vid |säˈfä -wēd sɑˈfɑwid | ▶noun a member of a dynasty that ruled Persia 1502 –1736 and installed Shia rather than Sunni Islam as the state religion. ▶adjective of or relating to this dynasty. ORIGIN from Arabic ṣafawī ‘descended from the ruler Sophy. ’

 

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Safavid

Safavid |ˈsafəvɪd | ▶noun a member of a dynasty which ruled Persia from 1502 to 1736 and installed Shia rather than Sunni Islam as the state religion. ▶adjective relating to the Safavid dynasty. ORIGIN from Arabic ṣafawī ‘descended from the ruler Sophy ’.