Musha'sha'iyyah
Sign in to savethumb|right|Shah Ismail I (1501-1524) watches his troops defeat the Musha'sha leader Sultan Fayyad. Album-mounted folio of Bijan's history created by [[Mo'en Mosavver, ]] The '''Musha'sha' (also spelled Mosha'sha''''; ) were a Shi'i Arab dynasty based in the town of Huwaizah in Khuzestan, ruling from 1435 to 1736. Initially starting out as a tribal confederation, they gradually transformed into a zealous Isma'ili Shi'i dynasty. The independence of the Musha'sha' was put to an end in 1508 by the Safavid shah Ismail I (), who claimed to be the only legitimate Shi'i ruler. Following this, the Mus
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thumb|right|Shah Ismail I (1501-1524) watches his troops defeat the Musha'sha leader Sultan Fayyad. Album-mounted folio of Bijan's history created by [[Mo'en Mosavver, ]] The '''Musha'sha' (also spelled Mosha'sha''''; ) were a Shi'i Arab dynasty based in the town of Huwaizah in Khuzestan, ruling from 1435 to 1736. Initially starting out as a tribal confederation, they gradually transformed into a zealous Isma'ili Shi'i dynasty. The independence of the Musha'sha' was put to an end in 1508 by the Safavid shah Ismail I (), who claimed to be the only legitimate Shi'i ruler. Following this, the Musha'sha' remained compliant, typically serving as valis or governors under Persian suzerainty for the following centuries.
==History==
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