The ''Silsilat-al-nasab-i Safaviya'', also spelled ''Selselat an-Nasab-e Safaviyye'' (, meaning ''
Genealogy
Genealogy () is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kin ...
of the
Safavid dynasty'') was written by
Sheikh Pir Husayn 'Abd az-Zahidi, a 17th-century descendant of
Sheikh Zahed Gilani
Taj Al-Din Ebrahim ibn Rushan Amir Al-Kurdi Al-Sanjani (or Sinjani; Persian:تاج الدين ابراهيم كردی سنجانی) (1218 – 1301), titled Sheikh Zahed (or Zahid) Gilani, was an Iranian Grandmaster (murshid-i kamil) of the ...
, during the reign of
Shah
Shah (; fa, شاه, , ) is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Iranian monarchies.Yarshater, EhsaPersia or Iran, Persian or Farsi, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII no. 1 (1989) It was also used by a variety of ...
Sulayman. This
hagiography, in praise of the Safavid forebearers, was devoted to the genealogy of Safavid
Sufi masters.
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Safaviyeh order