The Art of the Safavids before 1600

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In the early sixteenth century, Iran was united under the rule of the Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), the greatest dynasty to emerge from Iran in the Islamic period. The Safavids descended from a long line of Sufi shaikhs who maintained their headquarters at Ardabil, in northwestern Iran. In their rise to power, they were supported by Turkman tribesmen known as the Qizilbash, or red heads, on account of their distinctive red caps. By 1501, Ismacil Safavi and his Qizilbash warriors wrested control of Azerbaijan from the Aq Quyunlu, and in the same year Ismacil was crowned in Tabriz as the first Safavid shah (r. 1501–24). Upon his accession, Shici Islam became the official religion of the new Safavid state, which as yet consisted only of Azerbaijan. But within ten years, all of Iran was brought under Safavid dominion. However, throughout the sixteenth century, two powerful neighbors, the Shaibanids to the east and the Ottomans to the west (both orthodox Sunni states), threatened the Safavid empire.

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Allegory of Worldly and Otherworldly Drunkenness: Page from the Divan of Hafiz (Collected Poems of Hafiz), ca. 1526–27

Sultan Muhammad (Tabriz, Iran, early 16th century)

Tabriz, Iran

Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper

11.37 x 8.50 in. (28.9 x 21.6 cm)

Promised Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Cary Welch Jr., Partially owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, 1988 (1988.430)

Carpet, early 16th century; Safavid

Iran

Wool pile on silk foundation

L. 16 ft. 4 in. (497 cm), W. 11 ft. 2 in. (340 cm)

Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1910 (10.61.3)

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И почему то все эти шедевры кочевали в Западные Музеи... я бы хотел посмотреть в лица юзеров которые корчать из себя великую нацию и почемуто не смогут воссоздать такие артифакты той эпохи разве что сварованные из разных музеев...

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Azerbaijan Museum (Tabriz Museum)

Diameter: 17 cm (6.8 in)

Height: 36 cm (14.4 in)

Ardebil, Azerbaijan

Safavid (Shah Abbas, 16th century AD)

Natural landscapes lncluding trees and deer are painted on it, which also bears the Seal of Shah Abbas.

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Persian medallion carpet from Tabrīz, early 17th century; in the Textile Museum Collection in Washington, D.C.