Seyyid Əhməd Kəsrəvi və onun “Şeyx Səfi və Təbareş” əsərinə bir baxış

Seyid Ahmad Tabrizi Kesrevi (1891-1946) is the author of a number of works related to literature, history and historiography, sociology, language, economics, religion and sects. His works on the Mashruta Revolution in Iran and the dynastic powers that ruled Azerbaijan after the Arab invasion are especially important. In his work “Sheikh Safi va Tabaresh” (Sheikh Safi and his descendants) A.Kesrevi spoke out against the Iranian official historiography, which suggests that the Safavid family is related to the Sayyids, in other words, this generation descends from the seventh imam Musa al-Kazim, and suggested that this assertion is unfounded. He writes that Sheikh Safi and his grandfather are known to have belonged to the Azerbaijani tribes, their language was Azerbaijani, and the Turkish language in which Shah Ismail wrote his poems later became popular in this dynasty. He emphasizes that the great-grandfather of the Safavids, Sheikh Safi ad-Din, did not become a Sayyid, his descendants called themselves Sayyids. Sheikh Safi ad-Din was a Sunni, his descendants adopted Shiism. However, here A. Kesrevi claims, without providing any evidence, that Sheikh Safi ad-din was a Persian speaking, and those who came after him adopted the Turkish language. Of course, A. Kesrevi’s ideas about the language of the Safavids have no scientific basis, while his opinion about their origin is logical and based on reality. This is confirmed by the importance that the rulers of this dynasty gave to Azerbaijan and the Turkish language.