Safavia (Persian: صفویه) may refer to

• Safaviya (sufi order), a Sufi order founded by Safi-ad-din Ardabili
• Safavid dynasty, a ruling dynasty of Iran, founded by Ismail I

Safaviyeh was the name of a Sufi order founded by the Persian mystic Sheikh Safi al-Din of Ardabil ( 1252 - 1334 The Safavids ( صفوی) were an Iranian ref>Helen Chapin Metz

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