Shaykh Haydar
Iranian military leader
Shaykh Haydar or Sheikh Haydar was the successor of his father as leader of the Safavid order from 1460 to 1488. Haydar maintained the policies and political ambitions initiated by his father. Wikipedia
Born: Amida
Died: July 9, 1488, Derbent, Russia
Parents: Shaykh Junayd and Khadija Begum
Children: Ismail I, Ali Mirza Safavi, and Ibrahim Mirza
Place of burial: Sheikh Heidar Mausoleum, Meshginshahr, Iran
Grandparents: Sara Khatun, Ibrahim Shāh Safaví, Ali bin Qara Yoluq Osman, and more
Nationality: Iranian
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