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/sah fah"weed/, n.a member of a dynasty that ruled in Persia from c1500 to 1736.Also, Safawid /sah fah"weed/.[1910-15; < Ar safawi, adj. deriv. of Safi al-Din Ishaq, ancestor of royal house + -ID1]
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