Khvajeh Ali Safavi ( fa, خواجه علی سیاهپوش; died 1427) was a son of
Sadr al-Dīn Mūsā
Sadr al-Din Musa(1305-1391)(صدر الدين) was the son and successor of Safi-ad-din Ardabili. His mother was Bibi Fatima, daughter of Zahed Gilani. Sadr al-Din directed the Safaviyya for 59 years. During this time, the activities of the Safav ...
and grandson of
Safi-ad-din Ardabili
Safi-ad-din Ardabili ( fa, شیخ صفیالدین 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 Gila ...
. He assumed leadership of the
Safavid order after his father's death. According to
Rudi Matthee
Rudolph P. Matthee, best known as Rudi Matthee (born 1953), is John and Dorothy Munroe Distinguished Professor of History in the History Department at the University of Delaware, teaching Middle Eastern history and specializing in the history of ea ...
/ ''
Encyclopedia Iranica
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'', under Khvajeh Ali, the convictions of the Safavid order apparently shifted towards
Shia Islam
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, m ...
"under the influence of their main supporters—
Turkmen tribes who adhered to a popular brand of Shiʿism". Originally (i.e. prior to Khvajeh Ali), the order seemingly bore "
Sunni convictions".
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* {{cite book , title = Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire , year = 2008 , publisher = I.B.Tauris , last = Newman , first = Andrew J. , isbn = 978-0857716613
1427 deaths
Safavid dynasty
Safaviyeh order
Kurdish Sufis
Iranian Kurdish people
15th-century Kurdish people