Abbas I of Persia's father initiated disharmony between the different sets of the Qizilbash army.
For almost ten years after the Battle of Chaldiran, rival Qizilbash factions fought for control of the kingdom
The non-Turkic Iranian tribes among the Qizilbash were called Tjks by the Turcomans and included:TlishThe LursSih-Kuh (Kardja-Dagh)certain Kurdish tribescertain Persian families and clansThe rivalry between the Turkic clans and the Persian nobles was a major problem in the Safavid kingdom

