Safavid power was spread through Persia by

a. resurgent Sunni military leaders.
b. Ismail's militant use of Shi'ite Islam to unify the region.
c. Safi's enforcement of sufi mysticism throughout the region.
d. Shah Abbas' successful military campaigns against the Byzantines.
e. Sunni pashas.


b

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