Sadr al-Din Musa (1305–1391) (

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: صدرالدین موسی) was the son and successor of

Safi-ad-din Ardabili Safi-ad-Din Ardabili ( ''Ṣāfī ad-Dīn Isḥāq Ardabīlī''; 1252/3 – 1334) was a poet, Mysticism, mystic, teacher and Sufism, Sufi master. He was the son-in-law and spiritual heir of the Sufi master Zahed Gilani, whose order—the Zahediye ...

. His mother was Bibi Fatima, daughter of

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 (Persian: شیخ زاهد گیلانی), was an Irani ...

. Sadr al-Din directed the

Safaviyya The Safavid order () also called the Safaviyya () was a Kurdish Sufi order () founded by theNewman, Andrew J., ''Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire'', (I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2006), 152. ''Encyclopædia Iranica'' mystic Safi-ad-Din Arda ...

for 59 years. During this time, the activities of the Safaviyya were viewed with favour by

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, who provided an endowment for the shrine of Safi-ad-din Ardabili in

Ardabil Ardabil (, ) is a city in northwestern Iran. It is in the Central District (Ardabil County), Central District of Ardabil County, Ardabil province, Ardabil province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. The ...

, and allowed Sadr al-Din to collect taxes. Timur also offered Sadr al-Din to request any favour from himself, and Sheikh Sadr al-Din asked for the release of Turkish prisoners captured by Timur from

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. Timur accepted this request, and the freed prisoners became Sadr al-Din's loyal disciples. The descendants of these freed prisoners, emigrating by the thousands into

Gilan province Gilan Province () is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, in the northwest of the country and southwest of the Caspian Sea. Its capital is the city of Rasht. The province lies along the Caspian Sea, in Iran's Regions of Iran, Region 3, west of ...

, would later aid his family to found a dynasty. He was buried at Ardabil near his father.Biographical encyclopaedia of Sufis, By N. Hanif, pg.415-417
/ref> His son Khwādja Ali († 1429) succeeded him as leader of the Safaviyya.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sadr al-Din Musa Safavid dynasty Safaviyeh order Kurdish Sufis 14th-century Kurdish people 1305 births 1391 deaths

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