Background
Haydar maintained the policies and political ambitions initiated by his father.
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Shaykh Haydar
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The Safaviyya return to Ardabil prompted an influx of Haydar’s followers from northern Syria and eastern Anatolia to Ardabil to be beside him. Soon after, in 1471-1472, Haydar married Uzun Hassan’s daughter Halima, daughter of Despina Khatun, daughter of John IV of Trebizond). This marriage produced three sons: Sultan Ali Safawi, Ibrahim Mirza and Ismail I.
Probably knowing that his forces were not strong enough to try conclusions with the Aq Qoyunlu, Haydar let his forces on a razzia against the "infidels" of Circassia and Dagestan.
This involved crossing the territory of the Shirvanshahs.
Following his death, his tomb in Ardabil became a place of pilgrimage.
