At the time of the Safavids' ascendancy, many of the most important figures in Iran's numerous Sufi orders were Kurds or of Kurdish descent. However, their impact on population ethnogenesis was minimal after the Safavids. The fate of Mawlana Kurdi provides a partial explanation.
The partial fall of personalities with a strong Kurdish identity across Iran made it difficult for the Kurd-label to penetrate into the public sphere in many regions and for the masses to embrace the identity.
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