Afghanistan: 'Mahommed Naib Shurreef, a Celebrated Kizilbash (Persian) Chief of Kabul and his Chief Attendant', colour lithograph, Lieutenant James Rattray, 1848

Qizilbash or Kizilbash (sometimes also Qezelbash or Qazilbash) is the name given to a wide variety of Shi'a militant groups that flourished in Azerbaijan, Anatolia and Kurdistan from the late 13th century onwards, some of which contributed to the foundation of the Safavid dynasty of Iran.

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