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| Sa·fa·vid dy·nas·ty [ sə f wìd dnəstee ] |
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16C Persian dynasty: a Persian dynasty that ruled from 1500 to 1722 and established the Shiite branch of Islam as the state religion
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| [Early 20th century. < Arabic ṣafawī, < Ṣīi al-Din Isḥaq, the dynasty's founder] |
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