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Qizilbash



Qizilbash or Kizilbash (Ottoman Turkish/ Qezelbāš, Turkish: Kızılbaş, Azerbaijani: Qızılbaş) - Ottoman Turkish for "Red Heads" - name given to a wide variety of extremist Shi'ite militant groups (ghulāt) who helped found the Safavid Dynasty of Iran. The name "Red Heads" is derived from their distinct headwear with twelve points (indicating their adherence to the twelve Ithnāˤashari Imams.



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