ABSTRACT
The name kir..ilbash came to have a pejorative significance among the enemies of the Safavid dynasty and the Shi'a faith (cf. 'Roundheads' in seventeenth century England).
'Kizilbash Shah' = Shah of Persia.
The name kir..ilbash came to have a pejorative significance among the enemies of the Safavid dynasty and the Shi'a faith (cf. 'Roundheads' in seventeenth century England).
'Kizilbash Shah' = Shah of Persia.