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kizilbas 

Qizilbash or Kizilbash (Turkish: Kızılbaş "Red-Head", sometimes also Qezelbash or Qazilbash, Persian: قزلباش / qezelbāš) were a wide variety of Shi'i militant groups that flourished in Iranian Azerbaijan (historic Azerbaijan, also known as "Iranian Azerbaijan"),12 and Anatolia from the late 15th century onwards, some of which contributed to the foundation of the Safavid dynasty of Iran.34

The Qizilbash adhered to heterodox Shi’i doctrines encouraged by the early Safavi sheikhs Haydar and his son Ismail I. They regarded their rulers as divine figures, and so were classified as ghulat "extremists" by orthodox Twelvers.9
This guy doesnt pray in a mosque but instead in a cemevi, hes an Kizilbas Alevi.
kizilbas by Hıhı August 12, 2019
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kızılbaş 

The word Qizilbash is Ottoman Turkish (قزلباش; modern Turkish Kızılbaş Turkish pronunciation: kɯzɯɫbaʃ 'red haired'). The expression is derived from their distinctive twelve-gored crimson headwear (tāj or tark in Persian; sometimes specifically titled "Haydar's Crown" تاج حیدر / Tāj-e Ḥaydar), indicating their adherence to the Twelve Imams and to Shaykh Haydar, the spiritual leader (sheikh) of the Safavid order in accordance with the Twelver doctrine of the Imamate in Shia Islam. The name was originally a pejorative label given to them by their Sunni Ottoman foes, but soon it was adopted as a provocative mark of pride.

Today, the remnants of the Qizilbash confederacy are found among the Afshar, the Qashqai, Turkmen, Shahsevan, and others.
Person 1: you see that guy there?
Person 2: yea, what about them person 1:That guy there is a Kızılbaş Alevi.
kızılbaş by Hıhı June 7, 2019
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