The Sil-silat-al-nasab-e Safaviyeh (Arabic for: Genealogy of the Safavids) was written by Sheikh Pir Husein Abd-al-Zahedi, a 17th century descendant of Sheikh Zahed Gilani. This hagiography, in praise of the Safavid forebears, was devoted to the genealogy of Safavid Sufi masters.