In their competition with Sunni states, Safavid Shi'ites resorted to
a. suicide raids on Sunni towns.
b. forming alliances with non-Muslim states.
c. broadening their commercial base in order to finance the struggle against the Sunnis.
d. a purification movement within their own order to purge it of "doctrinal weakness."
b
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A) True B) False
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