Shaykh Haydar

Sheikh Haidar Haidar also Safavi (* 1460, † 1488 in Derbent ) since 1460 was the fifth leader of the militant Shiite Safawiyyaordens. His father and predecessor was Sheikh Junayd and his mother Khadija Begum, sister of the ruler Uzun Hasan Aq Qoyunlu. Sheikh Haidar was himself married to Halime Alamschah Begom, a daughter of Uzun Hasan. From this marriage three sons Ali Mirza, Ibrahim and Ismail emerged. These marriages between the Safawiyyaführern and the dynasty of the Aq Qoyunlu had a long tradition and led to an alliance between the two families. As the opponents of Aq Qoyunlu, the Qara Qoyunlu were finally defeated in 1467, began the alliance to slowly crumble. But Sheikh Haidar avoided an open confrontation with Uzun Hasan and turned his forces against the "infidels " Circassians and Alans in the Caucasus. Sheikh Haidar led three campaigns against them, and indeed in 1483, 1487 and 1488th Every time he had for the territory of the Shirvanshahs happen. But when Haidar attack even when third campaign the realm of Shirvanshahs and plundered their capital Şamaxı, the Shirvanshah Farrukh Yassar turned to the acting Aq Qoyunlu rulers and their own son Yaqub. Together they defeated on July 9, 1488 Haidar southwest of the city of Derbent and killed him. His father died Junayd just a few years ago in the same place.

The succession passed to his son Ali Mirza, who in 1494 also came by a conflict with the Aq Qoyunlu killed. Meanwhile, younger brother Ismail led the Order to power, founded the Safawidenreich and defeated the Aq Qoyunlu. He left in 1509 salvage his father's body and lead to Ardabil, where Haidar in a mausoleum his final resting place.

It is said that the typical headgear of the Kizilbash - followers of Safawiyya - back to Haidar. He designed the red hat with the twelve gores, which are representative of the twelve Imams of the Shia. Therefore, the cover also Tark -e haydari is called ( Haydar'scher helmet).