Shaykh Junayd

Shaykh Junayd (died 4 March 1460; Persian: شیخ جنید) was the hereditary leader of the Safavid order, a Sufi order based in Ardabil in northwestern Iran. He was the son of Shaykh Ibrahim, grandson of Shaykh Ali Safavi, father of Shaykh Haydar and grandfather of the founder of Safavid dynasty, Shah Ismail I. After the death of his father, he assumed the leadership of the Safavid order from 1447–1460. Junayd transformed the Safavid order into a military movement and sought to create his own principality by conquest.

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