Sadr al-Din Musa
Sadr Al-Din Musa | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 1305 |
| Died | 1391 |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam, Sunni (Shafi'i)[1] |
| Senior posting | |
| Predecessor | Safi-ad-din Ardabili |
| Successor | Khvajeh Ali Safavi |
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. 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, would later aid his family to found a dynasty.[2][3]
In 1335, Sadr al-Din Musa built the dome tomb of Shayk Safi his father, in Ardabil, Iran.[4] He was buried at Ardabil near his father.[5] His son Khwādja Ali († 1429) succeeded him as leader of the Safaviyya.
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See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Shaykh Safi al-Din Ardabili, Oxford Reference
- ^ The history of Iran, By Elton L. Daniel, pg.83
- ^ A History of Persia, By Percy Molesworth Sykes, pg.240
- ^ a b Rivzi, Kishmar (2015). "CHAPTER 14 THE INCARNATE SHRINE Shi'ism and the Cult of Kingship in Early Safavid Iran". SAINTS AND SACRED MATTER The Cult of Relics in Byzantium and Beyond (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. pp. 299–301. ISBN 978-0-88402-406-4.
- ^ Biographical encyclopaedia of Sufis, By N. Hanif, pg.415-417