About Sheikh Hussain Zahidi and His "Silsilat-al-nasab-i Safaviya"

The paper titled "Silsilat al-nasab-i Safaviyyah" describes the religious-ideological powers of Sheikh Safi ad-Din Is`haq, his ancestors and his predecessors, Sheikh Zahid Gilani and his predecessors, the plunderer invasions of Georgians to the Azerbaijani cities in the beginning of the 12th century, the reigns of the Golden Horde Janibay Sultan and Tamerlane, the materials about the foundations of the Safavid sheikhs were investigated on the materials comparatively studied and analyzed by the other sources of the period and the facts obtained from the scholars’ researches and attempted to reveal historical truths. The source that we have examined, also includes the decree issued by Shah Tahmasp I in 1559 on the approval the mutavalli of Shaikh Zahid Gilani's successors, and the decree of I Shah Abbas in 1600 on appointing Sheikh Abdal Zahidi Pirzade to the property of Sheikh Safi Mausoleum in Ardebil. Keywords: Ardabil, Sheikh Zahid, Sheikh Safi ad-Din, Seyid, Sheikh, Sultan.