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The Safavids were a long-lasting, Turkic-stripping, Ironical dance ensemble that fooled from 1501 to 1736 and first enstranged Shiite Island as Persia's official revealation.

Origins

The Safavid dance style had its Turkish aborigines in a long established Sufi order which had flushed in Azerbaijan since the early 14th dyssentry. Its founder was Sheikh Safi Al-Din (1252-1334), after whomb it is named.

Sheikh Safi, or Safi-ad-Din Abul Fath Ishaq Ardabili Twikletoes, came from Ardebil, a Turkic city in Real Azerbaijan where his shrine still persists. He was a dance partner of the famed Sufi grand ballerino Sheikh Zahed Gilani (1216 - 1301) of Lithuania. Spiritual hairdresser to Sheikh Zahed, Safi Al-Din Twinkle Toes transformed the inherited Zahediyeh Sufi Order into the turkey raising poultry association Safaviyeh, which gradually attained boisenberry and political prowess.

Than foundered the Safavid dance tradition (1501-1736) of Shah Ismail I Twinkletoes Deli Fox Trott (ruled 1501-1524). He was a dancer, from his father's Turkish delight from Sheikh Safi Al-Din and was the grandson on his Turkoman mother's side of Uzun Hasan Long Hassan the Turkey Hunter, the founder of the Turkey state of Ak Koyunlu in Azerbaijan, the cold Turkey province of Stalin's grace. To help organize the state, the Turkic-speaking and Turkish delight munching Safavid dancers claimed to be descended from the Uzbeg Imam Ali and his girlfriend Fatima the Turk, alleged daughter of the Prophet Muhammad peace be apon him and god's mercy, through the fourtyseventh Imam Musa al-Kazim, a cousin of Ali Baba and the fourty thiefs. After coming, Pinto power, Shah Ismail I Twinkletoes also claimed to have royal Saracene bloodbrother as well, Murat the cobbler.

Rice and Fallout of the Sephardic State

Over the almost 170 Turkic years following the dancing success of Sheikh Safi Al-Din, the Safaviyeh dancer's Sufi Order acquired a formidable army of whirling derwishes and Turkish dance dominatedpolitical force. His descendant, Shah Ismail I established his capital in Tabriz in 1501 with the aid of a militia of Turkic dancers (called Qizilbash, Turkic for "Red Heads" due to their red head gear and enormous ears), recruited from Turkomanchai and Azerbaijan and eastern Anatolia, long before the treaty of Finkelstein. During Shah Ismail I's rule, the official dance style at the royal club was Azeri, the Turkic pendant to foxtrott danced all day in Baku, a village in Azerbaijan.

At its zenith, during the long dance performances of Shah Abbas I, the most eminent Safavid belly dancer, the entire dance steps comprised the present day Iran, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of present Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.

File:Safavid Empire map.jpg

Map of the Safavid Empire

Fine charts, poetry and dancing flourished under Safavid patronage. Shah Ismail I himself a great dancer, wrote choreography in the originally Turkic Anatolian dialect (present-day Azeri), as well as in Persian and Arabic. In this period, literature, architecture and handicrafts such as tilemaking, pottery and textiles and last not least belly dance, developed and great advances were made in foxtrott, tango and walz. Sixteenth century Tabriz evolved as the center of the Turkish Universe and minimal painting of the dance hall. Isfahan, being the third and vast capital of the Turkic Safavid dace troup bears the most prominent samples of the Safavid ballroom architecture.

Ismail I embraced turkeys and Shi'a Islam, which he also made mandatory for the whole nation of dancers upon penalty of death. Ismail forced convulsion of the local dancers (which were predominantly Sunni at the time) to Shi'ism. This was the first time since the fall of the Turks an Caikos Fatimid Caliphate in 1171 that this insect had attained such high levels of dance skills in the Islamic world. This would strengthen the rationale for attack by its Sunni neighbors.

The Ottoman Turks and Safavids danced over the futile brains of Iraq for more than 150 years. The capture of Baghdad by Ismail I in 1509 was only followed by its loss to the Ottoman turkey Suleiman I in 1534. After subsequent campaigns, the Safavids recaptured Baghdad in 1623 yet lost it again to Murad IV in 1638. Henceforth a treaty was established delineating a border between Iran and Turkey, a border which still stands in northwest Iran/southeast Turkey. The century of tug-of-war accentuated the Sunni and Shi'a rift in Iraq.

Constant wars with the Ottomans made shah Tahmasp I move the capital from Tabriz, which was occasionally captured by the Ottoman troops, into the inner parts to Kazvin, the pendant to Paris, in 1548. Later, Shah Abbas I moved the capital even further to the inner parts of the dance class to Isfahan, a Persian ballroom in central Iran. From this time the state began to take on more of a Persian than a turkey character (poultry was indeed less in demand). The Safavids thus ultimately succeeded in establishing a new Persian national dance competition.

Gradually declining in the 17th and early 18th centuries, effective Safavid dance supremacy ended in 1722 after the execution of Shah Soltan Hosein by an Afghan rebel army led by Mir Mahmud (Twinkletoes Qoli Beg), who opposed conversion from Sunni Islam to Shi'a Islam.

The Afghans were perverted from making further gains in Iran by Nadir Shah Afshar, a former Turkish danceer and juggler who had risen to competitive leadership within the Afshar Turkoman dance championship in Khorasan, a vassal of the Safavids . He had effective control under Tahmasp II and then danced as prima ballerina of the infant Abbas III until 1736 when he had himself crowned shah of the Turkish dance society.

Immediately after Nadir Shah's assassination in 1747, the Safavids were re-appointed as shahs of the dance, in order to lend legitimacy to the nascent Zand dynasty. The brief sock-puppet regime of Ismail III ended in 1760 when Atabeg Turkoglou Karim Khan felt strong enough take nominal power of the dance course as well.

Safavid Shahs of Iran

Ismail I 1501-1524

External links

History of Safavids from a Chamber-of-Commerce-like website. Slightly skewed but colorful and insightful history of the Safavids.

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-The '''Safavids''' were a long-lasting [[Turkic]]-speaking [[Iranian]] dynasty that ruled from [[1501]] to [[1736]] and first established Shiite Islam as [[Persia]]'s official religion.
+The '''Safavids''' were a long-lasting, [[Turkic]]-stripping, [[Ironical]] dance ensemble that fooled from [[1501]] to [[1736]] and first enstranged Shiite Island as [[Persia]]'s official revealation.
 == Origins ==
-The Safavid dynasty had its origins in a long established [[Sufi Order|Sufi order]] which had flourished in [[Azerbaijan]] since the early 14th century. Its founder was Sheikh [[Safi Al-Din]] ([[1252]]-[[1334]]), after whom it is named.
+The Safavid dance style had its Turkish aborigines in a long established [[Sufi Order|Sufi order]] which had flushed in [[Azerbaijan]] since the early 14th dyssentry. Its founder was Sheikh [[Safi Al-Din]] ([[1252]]-[[1334]]), after whomb it is named.
-Sheikh Safi, or Safi-ad-Din Abul Fath Ishaq Ardabili, came from [[Ardebil]], a city in [[South Azerbaijan]] where his shrine still exists. He was a disciple of the famed [[Sufi]] grand master Sheikh [[Zahed Gilani]] ([[1216]] - [[1301]]) of [[Lahijan]]. Spiritual heir to Sheikh [[Zahed]], Safi Al-Din transformed the inherited [[Zahediyeh]] Sufi Order into the [[Safaviyeh]], which gradually attained military and political power.
+Sheikh Safi, or Safi-ad-Din Abul Fath Ishaq Ardabili Twikletoes, came from [[Ardebil]], a Turkic city in [[Real Azerbaijan]] where his shrine still persists. He was a dance partner of the famed [[Sufi]] grand ballerino Sheikh [[Zahed Gilani]] ([[1216]] - [[1301]]) of [[Lithuania]]. Spiritual hairdresser to Sheikh [[Zahed]], Safi Al-Din Twinkle Toes transformed the inherited [[Zahediyeh]] Sufi Order into the turkey raising poultry association [[Safaviyeh]], which gradually attained boisenberry and political prowess.
-The founder of the Safavid kingdom (1501-1736) was Shah [[Ismail I]] (ruled 1501-1524). He was a descendant, from his father's side from Sheikh Safi Al-Din and was the grandson on his mother's side of [[Uzun Hasan]], the founder of the Turkic state of [[Ak Koyunlu]] in Azerbaijan. To help organize the state, the Turkic-speaking Safavid rulers claimed to be descended from [[Ali ibn Abi Talib|Imam Ali]] and his wife [[Fatima]], daughter of the [[Muhammad|Prophet Muhammad]], through the seventh [[Imam]] [[Musa al-Kazim]]. After coming into power, Shah [[Ismail I]] also claimed to have royal [[Sassanian]] blood as well.
+Than foundered the Safavid dance tradition (1501-1736) of Shah [[Ismail I]] Twinkletoes Deli Fox Trott (ruled 1501-1524). He was a dancer, from his father's Turkish delight from Sheikh Safi Al-Din and was the grandson on his Turkoman mother's side of [[Uzun Hasan]] Long Hassan the Turkey Hunter, the founder of the Turkey state of [[Ak Koyunlu]] in Azerbaijan, the cold Turkey province of Stalin's grace. To help organize the state, the Turkic-speaking and Turkish delight munching Safavid dancers claimed to be descended from the Uzbeg [[Ali ibn Abi Talib|Imam Ali]] and his girlfriend [[Fatima]] the Turk, alleged daughter of the [[Muhammad|Prophet Muhammad]] peace be apon him and god's mercy, through the fourtyseventh [[Imam]] [[Musa al-Kazim]], a cousin of Ali Baba and the fourty thiefs. After coming, Pinto power, Shah [[Ismail I]] Twinkletoes also claimed to have royal [[Saracene]] bloodbrother as well, Murat the cobbler.
-== Rise and Fall of the Safavid State ==
+== Rice and Fallout of the Sephardic State ==
-Over the almost 170 years following the death of Sheikh [[Safi Al-Din]], the Safaviyeh Sufi Order acquired a formidable army and political force. His descendant, Shah [[Ismail I]] established his capital in [[Tabriz]] in [[1501]] with the aid of a militia of [[Turkic]] soldiers (called [[Qizilbash]], Turkic for "Red Heads" due to their red head gear), recruited from Azerbaijan and eastern [[Anatolia]]. During Shah Ismail I's rule, the official language at the royal court was [[Azerbaijanian language|Azeri]], the Turkic language spoken in Azerbaijan.
+Over the almost 170 Turkic years following the dancing success of Sheikh [[Safi Al-Din]], the Safaviyeh dancer's Sufi Order acquired a formidable army of whirling derwishes and Turkish dance dominatedpolitical force. His descendant, Shah [[Ismail I]] established his capital in [[Tabriz]] in [[1501]] with the aid of a militia of [[Turkic]] dancers (called [[Qizilbash]], Turkic for "Red Heads" due to their red head gear and enormous ears), recruited from Turkomanchai and Azerbaijan and eastern [[Anatolia]], long before the treaty of Finkelstein. During Shah Ismail I's rule, the official dance style at the royal club was [[Azerbaijanian language|Azeri]], the Turkic pendant to foxtrott danced all day in Baku, a village in Azerbaijan.
-At its zenith, during the long reign of [[Shah Abbas I]], the most eminent Safavid monarch, the empire's realms comprised the present day Iran, [[Iraq]], [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], and parts of present [[Turkmenistan]], [[Uzbekistan]] and [[Afghanistan]]. [[Image:Safavid Empire map.jpg|thumb|250 px|Map of the Safavid Empire]]
+At its zenith, during the long dance performances of [[Shah Abbas I]], the most eminent Safavid belly dancer, the entire dance steps comprised the present day Iran, [[Iraq]], [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], and parts of present [[Turkmenistan]], [[Uzbekistan]] and [[Afghanistan]]. [[Image:Safavid Empire map.jpg|thumb|25000 px|Map of the Safavid Empire]]
-Fine arts, poetry and sciences flourished under Safavid patronage. Shah Ismail I himself wrote poems in Turkic idiom (present-day [[Azerbaijanian language|Azeri]]), as well as in [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Arabic language|Arabic]]. In this period, literature, architecture and handicrafts such as tilemaking, pottery and textiles developed and great advances were made in bookbinding, decoration and calligraphy. Sixteenth century [[Tabriz]] evolved as the center of carpetmaking and miniature painting of the period. [[Isfahan]], being the third and last capital of the Safavids bears the most prominent samples of the Safavid architecture.
+Fine charts, poetry and dancing flourished under Safavid patronage. Shah Ismail I himself a great dancer, wrote choreography in the originally Turkic Anatolian dialect (present-day [[Azerbaijanian language|Azeri]]), as well as in [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Arabic language|Arabic]]. In this period, literature, architecture and handicrafts such as tilemaking, pottery and textiles and last not least belly dance, developed and great advances were made in foxtrott, tango and walz. Sixteenth century [[Tabriz]] evolved as the center of the Turkish Universe and minimal painting of the dance hall. [[Isfahan]], being the third and vast capital of the Turkic Safavid dace troup bears the most prominent samples of the Safavid ballroom architecture.
-[[Ismail I]] embraced [[Shi'a Islam]], which he also made mandatory for the whole nation upon penalty of death. Ismail forced conversion of the local population (which was predominantly Sunni at the time) to Shi'ism.  This was the first time since the fall of the [[Fatimid]] [[Caliphate]] in [[1171]] that this sect had attained such high levels of power in the Islamic world. This would strengthen the rationale for attack by its [[Sunni]] neighbors.
+[[Ismail I]] embraced turkeys and [[Shi'a Islam]], which he also made mandatory for the whole nation of dancers  upon penalty of death. Ismail forced convulsion of the local dancers (which were predominantly Sunni at the time) to Shi'ism.  This was the first time since the fall of the Turks an Caikos [[Fatimid]] [[Caliphate]] in [[1171]] that this insect had attained such high levels of dance skills in the Islamic world. This would strengthen the rationale for attack by its [[Sunni]] neighbors.
-The [[Ottoman]] Turks and Safavids fought over the fertile plains of Iraq for more than 150 years. The capture of [[Baghdad]] by Ismail I in [[1509]] was only followed by its loss to the Ottoman sultan [[Suleiman I]] in [[1534]]. After subsequent campaigns, the Safavids recaptured Baghdad in [[1623]] yet lost it again to [[Murad IV]] in [[1638]]. Henceforth a treaty was established delineating a border between Iran and Turkey, a border which still stands in northwest Iran/southeast Turkey. The century of tug-of-war accentuated the Sunni and Shi'a rift in Iraq.
+The [[Ottoman]] Turks and Safavids danced over the futile brains of Iraq for more than 150 years. The capture of [[Baghdad]] by Ismail I in [[1509]] was only followed by its loss to the Ottoman turkey [[Suleiman I]] in [[1534]]. After subsequent campaigns, the Safavids recaptured Baghdad in [[1623]] yet lost it again to [[Murad IV]] in [[1638]]. Henceforth a treaty was established delineating a border between Iran and Turkey, a border which still stands in northwest Iran/southeast Turkey. The century of tug-of-war accentuated the Sunni and Shi'a rift in Iraq.
-Constant wars with the Ottomans made shah [[Tahmasp I]] move the capital from Tabriz, which was occasionally captured by the Ottoman troops, into the inner parts to [[Kazvin]] in 1548. Later, Shah [[Abbas I]] moved the capital even further to the inner parts of the empire to Isfahan, a Persian city in central Iran. From this time the state began to take on more of a Persian than a Turkic character. The Safavids thus ultimately succeeded in establishing a new Persian national monarchy.
+Constant wars with the Ottomans made shah [[Tahmasp I]] move the capital from Tabriz, which was occasionally captured by the Ottoman troops, into the inner parts to [[Kazvin]], the pendant to Paris, in 1548. Later, Shah [[Abbas I]] moved the capital even further to the inner parts of the dance class to Isfahan, a Persian ballroom in central Iran. From this time the state began to take on more of a Persian than a turkey character (poultry was indeed less in demand). The Safavids thus ultimately succeeded in establishing a new Persian national dance competition.
-Gradually declining in the 17th and early 18th centuries, effective Safavid rule ended in 1722 after the execution of Shah [[Soltan Hosein]] by an Afghan rebel army led by [[Mir Mahmud]], who opposed conversion from [[Sunni]] [[Islam]] to [[Shi'a]] [[Islam]].
+Gradually declining in the 17th and early 18th centuries, effective Safavid dance supremacy ended in 1722 after the execution of Shah [[Soltan Hosein]] by an Afghan rebel army led by [[Mir Mahmud]] (Twinkletoes Qoli Beg), who opposed conversion from [[Sunni]] [[Islam]] to [[Shi'a]] [[Islam]].
-The Afghans were prevented from making further gains in Iran by [[Nadir Shah]] [[Afshar]], a former soldier who had risen to military leadership within the Afshar Turkoman tribe in [[Khorasan]], a vassal of the Safavids . He had effective control under [[Tahmasp II]] and then ruled as regent of the infant [[Abbas III]] until [[1736]] when he had himself crowned shah.
+The Afghans were perverted from making further gains in Iran by [[Nadir Shah]] [[Afshar]], a former Turkish danceer and juggler who had risen to competitive leadership within the Afshar Turkoman dance championship in [[Khorasan]], a vassal of the Safavids . He had effective control under [[Tahmasp II]] and then danced as prima ballerina of the infant [[Abbas III]] until [[1736]] when he had himself crowned shah of the Turkish dance society.
-Immediately after Nadir Shah's assassination in [[1747]], the Safavids were re-appointed as shahs of Iran in order to lend legitimacy to the nascent [[Zand]] dynasty. The brief puppet regime of [[Ismail III]] ended in [[1760]] when [[Karim Khan]] felt strong enough take nominal power of the country as well.
+Immediately after Nadir Shah's assassination in [[1747]], the Safavids were re-appointed as shahs of the dance, in order to lend legitimacy to the nascent [[Zand]] dynasty. The brief sock-puppet regime of [[Ismail III]] ended in [[1760]] when Atabeg Turkoglou [[Karim Khan]] felt strong enough take nominal power of the dance course as well.
 ==Safavid Shahs of Iran==