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Qizilbash

Qizilbash or Kizilbash were a diverse array of mainly Turkoman Shia militant groups that flourished in Iranian Azerbaijan, Anatolia, the Armenian highlands, and the Caucasus from the late 15th century onwards, and contributed to the foundation of the Safavid dynasty in early modern Iran.

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Qizilbash

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related to General sources · 160
Qizilbash → Abbas, Adamec, Afghanistan, Ahmet, Alexander, Amanat, Amir Dost Muhammad Khan, An Introduction, Ancient Times, Armenian Merchants, Armenian People, Aslanian, Aurélie, Azerbaijan, Azizeh, Azodi, Babayan, Baton Rouge LA, Became, Blow
related to Further reading · 74
Qizilbash → Aldous, Anatolia, Andrew, Ayşe, Baltacıoğlu-Brammer, Bashir, Becoming Kizilbash, Borderland Actors, Brill, Cambridge University Press, Depiction, Derin, Early Modern Ottoman Context, Early Modern Ottoman Realm, Early Reign, Economic, Edinburgh University Press, Estranged, Gerlach Press, Gregory
related to Qizilbash aqidah in Anatolia · 38
Qizilbash → Abbasid Caliphate, Abu Muslim, Abu Zaynab, Abu’l-Khāttāb Muhammad, Alawites, Alevi Turks, Alevis, Allāh, Among, Asadī, Babak Khorramdin, Batiniyya, Batiniyya-Hurufism, Caliph, In, Isma'ilism, Ismail, It, Ja'fari, Mansur
related to Turkey · 33
Qizilbash → Alevi, Alevis, Alevism, Ali, Among Bektashis, Anatolia, Bektashi, Christian, Despite, Hans-Lukas Kieser, Historically, In, In Turkey, Jesus, Kurdish, Kızılbaş, Muslims, Ottoman, Qizilbash-groups, Rashidun Caliph
related to Battle of Chaldiran · 31
Qizilbash → Alevis, An, Asia Minor, Central Asia, Eastern Anatolia, Even, His, However, In, Ismail, Koca Sinan Pasha, Kurdistan, Meanwhile, Merv, Morea, Muhammad Shaybani, Ottoman, Ottoman Empire, Ottomans, Safavid
related to Composition · 30
Qizilbash → AfshārQājārTakkalu, Among, Anatolia, Aq Qoyunlu, Arabic, Begdili, Beylik, Dhu, Dulkadir, Eastern Anatolia, Iranian Azerbaijan, Ismail, Its, Kadar, Levant, Persian, Roman, Rūmlu, Shah Ismail, Sham
related to Beginnings · 24
Qizilbash → Anatolia, Asia Minor, Azerbaijan, Central Asian, He, In, Iran, Islamic, Ismail, Ismail's, Ottomans, Persians, Safavid, Safavids, Shahanshah, Sheikh Ismail, Sultan Alvand Aq Qoyunlu, Sunni Iranians, Tabriz, The
related to Afghanistan · 22
Qizilbash → Afghanistan, Afghanistan's Qizilbash, Described, Durrani, Estimates, Herat, Kabul, Kandahar, Lady Florentia Sale, Nadir Shah, Others, Persian, Persianized Turks, Persians, Since, Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone, Sir Robert Henry Sale, Some, Turkish, Turks
related to India · 21
Qizilbash → Afghanistan, Akbar, Awadh, Bairam Khan, Durrani Empire, Great, Humayun, India, Indian, Kashmir, Mughal Emperor, Pashtuns, Prominent, Punjab, Sikandar Shah Suri, Sur Empire, The, The Qizilbash Safavid, They, This
related to Bulgaria, Greece and Romania · 19
Qizilbash → According, Anatolia, Babadag, Bektashis, Bulgaria, Bulgarian, Deliorman, Dimetoka, Dobruja, Greece, Ludogorie, Most, Ottoman, Romania, Shiites, Sunnis, The Qizilbash, This, Turkish

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safavid shah isbn ottoman afghanistan persian anatolia iran ismail tribes empire century iranian turcomans early turkish ottomans among press groups

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the Afshārinstance ofOther names are those of old Oghuz tribes0.80text
Dulghadirinstance ofOther names are those of old Oghuz tribes0.80text
or Bayātinstance ofOther names are those of old Oghuz tribes0.80text
as mentioned by the medieval Karakhanid historian Mahmud al-Kashgari.The non-Turkic Iranian tribes among the Qizilbash were called Tājīks by the Turcomansinstance ofOther names are those of old Oghuz tribes0.80text
includedinstance ofOther names are those of old Oghuz tribes0.80text
Kabulinstance ofwere settled in far eastern cities0.80text
Kandahar during the conquests of Nader Shahinstance ofwere settled in far eastern cities0.80text
and remained there as consultants to the new Afghan crown after the Shah's deathinstance ofwere settled in far eastern cities0.80text
Qizilbashrelated to AfghanistanAfghanistan0.60section
Qizilbashrelated to AfghanistanKabul0.60section
Qizilbashrelated to AfghanistanKandahar0.60section
Qizilbashrelated to AfghanistanHerat0.60section

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