Qizilbash
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For the surname, see Qizilbash (name). For the related Sufi order that led to the Safavid dynasty, see Safavid order. For the related Sufi order in Turkey, see Alevism. For the suburb of Nicosia, Cyprus but under de facto control of Northern Cyprus, see Kizilbash (suburb).
Qizilbash or Kizilbash (Azerbaijani: قیزیلباش; Ottoman Turkish: قزيل باش; Persian: قزلباش, romanized: Qezelbāš; Turkish: Kızılbaş, lit. 'red head' Turkish pronunciation: [kɯzɯɫbaʃ]) were a diverse array of mainly Turkoman[1] Shia militant groups that flourished in Azerbaijan,[2][3] Anatolia, the Armenian highlands, the Caucasus, and Kurdistan from the late 15th century onwards, and contributed to the foundation of the Safavid dynasty in early modern Iran.[4][5]