Khvajeh Mohammad Safavi
Khvajeh Mohammad Safavi was a son of Shaykh Junayd, leader of the Safavid order, born by a Circassian concubine. He was an older -brother of Shaykh Haydar, the successor of Shaykh Junayd as leader of the Safavid order, and therefore an uncle of the founder of the Safavid dynasty, Ismail I. He had another brother named Khvajeh Jamshid, who was killed in southern Dagestan during one of Shaykh Haydar's campaigns. Khvajeh Mohammad's only surviving sister, Shah-Pasha Khatun, was married to Mohammad Beg Talish, a military chief from Khalkhal who would later become guardian to Ismail I and play a pivotal role in his ascension to power in the early 16th century.
