The safavid rulers were eagerly supported by the shiites, who believed a. they would be rewarded with beautiful wives. b. the safavids would return power to the landed shiite aristocrats. c. that shah ismail was a direct successor of the prophet muhammad. d. that the sunnis would be destroyed by the might of a strong safavid empire.

The Safavid rulers were eagerly supported by Shiites, who believed that the Shah Islmail was direct successor of the prophet Mumammad.

To add, a Shiite is a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam that regards Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, as the legitimate successor of Muhammad, and disregards the three caliphs who succeeded him.

the government closely monitored its finances to avoid another financial collapse.