Safavid

or Sa·fa·wid

[ sah-fah-weed ]

noun

a member of a dynasty that ruled in Persia from c1500 to 1736.

Origin of Safavid

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1910–15; <Arabic ṣafawī, adj. derivative of Ṣafī al-Dīn Isḥāq, ancestor of royal house + -id¹

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How to use Safavid in a sentence

Zarqawi never made any secret that his real target was the Safavid heartland itself, Iran.
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It indicates the highest technique acquired in the early part of the Safavid dynasty.
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The oldest that remain belong to the early part of the Safavid rule.
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