Safavid order: what Wikipedia removed
The Safavid order was a Sufi order that gave rise to the Safavid dynasty. Through 2015 the opening said the Safaviyya “changed in character and became militant… launching jihads against the Christians of Georgia.” Today’s opening says only that its leaders “wanted political power as well as religious authority,” with jihad surviving once in the body. A reader today does not learn that the order’s militarization took the specific form of jihad campaigns against Georgian Christians.
The word “jihad” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 1. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jihad | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| militant | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.
What was taken out
Section titled “What was taken out”- The description of the Safaviyya as a Sufi order was reworded to add that it was Kurdish and to name its founder’s dates.
- The description of the order’s turn to militancy and its jihad campaigns against the Christians of Georgia, dropped from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 16729511):
Safaviyeh was the name of the Sufi order founded by Sheikh Safi Al-Din ( 1252 - 1334 ). The Safaviyeh Order gained political and military power culminating in the foundation of the Persian Safavid Dynasty ( 1501 - 1722 ). v t e
2025 (revision 1292672873):
Iranian Sufi mystic order in Shia Islam The Safavid order ( Persian : طریقت صفویه ) also called the Safaviyya (Persian: صفویه ) was a Kurdish Sufi order ( tariqa ) founded by the mystic Safi-ad-Din Ardabili (1252–1334 AD). It held a prominent place in the society and politics of northwestern Iran in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, but today it is best known for having given rise to the Safavid dynasty . Starting in the early 1300s , the leaders of the Safavid movement clearly showed that they wanted political power as well as religious authority. This ambition made the rulers of western Iran and Iraq first feel uneasy, and later, they became openly hostile. Even though three Safavid …
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