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Safavid history is one of the most important turning point in Iran and Shia history. The political adventure of a sufi order, with Sunni background, from religious to temporal power has deeply Iran and middle east. converting Iran from Sunni to Shi’ite beliefs was the main policy of Safavids during two centuries . They established Shia as an official religion of the state and put pressure on the other religious groups. Meanwhile they imported Shi’ite scholars from different regions of Muslim world, especially southern Lebanon, and employed them in converting Iran. After this policy, which started in the beginning of sixteenth century and lasted till the first half of eighteenth century, Iran became the center of Shi’ite culture and thought

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