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The Qizilbash Warriors Who Made the Safavid Empire
Before Shah Abbas I built his gholam slave-soldier corps, the Safavid Empire rode to power on the backs of the Qizilbash—Turkoman tribesmen who worshipped their shah as a living god. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the rise and fall of these red-hatted warriors who blended shamanic Sufi devotion with fearsome battlefield prowess. They trace how Shah Ismail I’s childhood followers became a feudal nobility that nearly tore the dynasty apart, from the bloody civil wars of the 1530s to the moment Abbas finally broke their power. Along the way, they discuss the Qizilbash’s distinct crimson…
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