Safavi empire

The name of Safari comes from the grandfather of Shah Ismail Sheikh Safiaddin. In fact, Safiyaddin of the Sunni faith had gained a great influence in Ardabil, the centre of this faith during Elkhanids and had attracted the attention of heads of Elkahnid state. Sheikh Safiaddin that laid a foundation of this faith, the grandfather of Ishaq, Firuz Shah belonged to Turkmen family moved to Ardebil from Anatolia in X century. When Safiaddin died in 1334, his son Sadraddin, and then Khaja Ali became sheikh. Their popularity was spread not only in Azerbaijan, but as well as in Iraq, Syria, Anatolia, Iran, even as Bukhara and Balkh.