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Qizilbash

Qizilbash comes from Azerbaijani qızılbaş ‘red head’.

  1. Azerbaijanimodernqızılbaş‘red head’
  2. EnglishtodayQizilbash

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Azerbaijanimodernqızılbaş‘red head’
  2. EnglishtodayQizilbash

Today it means

noun A member of the Turkmen tribes who formed the basis of the military power of the Safavids.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Azerbaijani qızılbaş / Qizilbash