Sadr al-Din Musa (1305–1391) (
Persian: صدرالدین موسی) 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 Safaviyya were viewed with favour by
Timur, who provided an endowment for the shrine of Safi-ad-din Ardabili in
Ardabil, 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
Diyarbakır
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Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortress, it is ...
. 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
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, 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.
See also
* Safaviyya Order
*Sufism
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Practitioners of Sufism are r ...
*Safavid dynasty
The Safavid dynasty (; , ) was one of Iran's most significant ruling dynasties reigning from Safavid Iran, 1501 to 1736. Their rule is often considered the beginning of History of Iran, modern Iranian history, as well as one of the gunpowder em ...
* Safavid dynasty family tree
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Safavid dynasty
Safaviyeh order
Kurdish Sufis
14th-century Kurdish people
1305 births
1391 deaths