Akhmedov: ‘The political and economic reforms of its founder Šakh Ismail Khataj should be studied ... one of the main proponents of the Safavid thesis as a ‘phenomenon of Azerbaijani ...

It was made in the town of Ardabil in north-west Iran, the burial place of Shaykh Safi al-Din Ardabili, who died in 1334. The Shaykh was a Sufi leader, ancestor of Shah Ismail, founder of the Safavid ...