Compromise for introduction I propose to add the following as introduction The Safavids 1501 1722 were a Turkic speaking Shiite dynasty which ruled Iran from 1502 till 1722 though several Safavid rulers were nominally reigning until 1736 3 The Safavid empire originated in the city of Ardabil in Iranian Azerbaijan and had its origins in the Shiite Safaviyyeh Order Safavids combined the elements of Turkic tribal militancy with Persian cultural identity and the Shiite teachings of Islam to assert the contemporary Azerbaijani and Iranian Shiite identity During their reign Safavids established a vast Iranian empire including the whole of modern Iran and the parts of modern Iraq Afghanistan Pakistan South Caucasus and Turkey After we finally agree on the introduction let s discuss next the origins part Thanks