Şah İsmayılın xarici görünüşü

The article is dedicated to the physical and external appearance of Shah Ismail Safavi, who founded the Safavid state of Azerbaijan. There is no extensive information about this topic in the sources. That is why the appearance of Shah Ismail Safavi arouses legitimate interest in readers and researchers. It is known that Shah Ismail (Ismail Mirza) took part in battles from a very young age and fought against his enemies together with his warriors. If Shah Ismail did not have enough physical strength, he could not have won these battles. There are also precious images about this in oriental miniatures. Western artists also addressed the subject of Shah Ismail and created a number of works. The best of them is a portrait painted in 1568 by the Italian artist Cristofano Del’Altissimo. However, Shah Ismail’s hat in this portrait does not look like a gızılbash hat at all. The article devoted a lot of space to this issue and made a scientific comparison of the hat drawn by the Italian artist by referring to historical facts.