Shaykh Haydar
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Shaykh Haydar or Sheikh Haydar was the successor of his father as leader of the Safavid order from 1460 to 1488. Haydar maintained the policies and political ambitions initiated by his father. Under S
Shaykh Haydar (left), and his son Sultan ʿAli Safavi (brother of Ismaʿil I, right). Cemʿ-i Tārīh, Museum of Ethnography, Ankara, No. 8457, fol. 17a.
Tomb of Shaykh Haydar in Meshginshahr
Shaykh Junayd
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Shaykh Junayd was the hereditary leader of the Safavid order, a Sufi order based in Ardabil in northwestern Iran. He was the son of Shaykh Ibrahim and the grandson of Khvajeh Ali Safavi. He was the fa
Shaykh Haydar
…Shaykh Haydar or Sheikh Haydar (Persian: شیخ حیدر, romanized: Shaikh Ḥaidar; 1459–9 July 1488) was the successor of his father (Shaykh Junayd) as leader of the Safavid order from 1460 to 1488. Haydar maintained the policies and political ambitions initiated by his father. Under Sheikh Haydar…
Mausoleum of Shaykh Junayd.
Casket of Shaykh Junayd