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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Sophi

or Safi [mystic], applied in Persia to ascetics generally, was given to Sheik Juneyd u Dien, grandfather of Shah Ismail, a Mahometan sectary or Shiite, who claimed descent, through Ali, from the twelve saints.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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