What culture did the Safavids embrace?

Answer 1

During the Safavid Dynasty, women had considerable freedom and liberty compared to the other women of the time in different empires. They were not equal to the men, yet they had many rights that other women would not be granted until much later on (some women don't have this freedom even today). When the great Shah Abbas, the greatest and the most prosperous Shah that ever led the Safavid Empire, died in 1629, the empire seized to prosper (in many various ways). There were many other qualified and reasonably good Shah's that followed in his footsteps, but things weren't the same. One thing that drastically changed was this freedom that women had and had learned to appreciate.

At this point in time, they were forced to wear veils over their faces and long, thick clothing to cover their bodies. This not only showed the power of men and the weakness of women, but it was also extremely uncomfortable, since temperatures could get up to 103 degrees in the summer time. Most women spent their time in the home to avoid wearing the thick clothing and the hajab (the name of the veil), for at home the women could be "free" and wear what they wanted to

Answer 2

Honestly not sure of the answer, but the other two answers were nonsensical and didn't answer the question. I can tell you it's NOT Arabic, though. ;)