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1899, Richard Whiteing, No. 5 John street, New York: Century, →OCLC, page 281:
The great tent on the lawn, wherein presently we are to sup,—blue and yellow without, and within all braveries of tapestry and of table service,—suggests a state pavilion of the Sophy camped for glittering war.
^ "Sophy", in Garland Cannon, Alan S, Kaye, eds., The Persian contributions to the English language : an historical dictionary, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2001, p. 137. →ISBN.
^ Roger Savory (1980) Iran under the Safavids, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, published 2007, →ISBN, page 259: “The Safavid shahs were commonly termed by Western writers "Sophie", "Sophy", "Sophi" or "Soffi". All these terms were probably corruptions of Ṣafī, the name of the founder of the Safavid Order, rather than of Ṣūfī, as the Safavid supporters called themselves.”
^ "sophi", in The Century Dictionary, New York: The Century, 1914, v. 9, p. 5772.
