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A lot of information about the activity of shah Ismail Khatai (1488-1524) as a political figure and poet and as about the founder of the Azerbaijan Safavid state (1501-1736) in 1550 was also his son Sam Mirza (1517-1567), the author of the tazkir “Tofeyi-Shami”. Medieval historians Mirkhond, Iskanderbey Munshi (Turkman) and chroniclers and tazkirists Lutfalibey Azer, Rzagulukhan Hidayat, who mentioned Shah Ismail Hatai, mainly wrote about the political activities of the poet and contented themselves with small notes about his merits in the literary field. The comprehensive study and publication of the literary heritage of Shah Ismail Khatai is associated with the name of Hamid Arasli. With a number of articles and works, H. Arasli laid the foundation for the study of Khatai’s heritage in the 40s and 50s of the 20th century. Azizaga Mamedov is the author of the first extensive monographic work on Shah Ismail Hatai in Azerbaijan. In his work “Shah Ismail Khatai”. About his life and creativity” Shah Ismail Khatai is presented as a “bright representative of the new Azerbaijani literature”, who lived in the period between Imadedin Nasimi and Muhammad Fizuli. The manuscripts with autographs of Shah Ismail Khatai are unknown to the scientific world. The famous calligrapher Shah Mahmud Nishapuri copied Khatai’s “Divan” in 1555. This perfect copy of “Divani-Khatai” contains 14 qasidas, 245 ghazals and 10 rubai of the poet. It should be noted that there are dozens of manuscripts of Khatai’s “Divan” compiled later. A. Kolpinarli, F. Kopruluzadeh, I. Hikmet, Basim Atalay, Sadeddin Nushet Ergun are among the Turkish researchers who wrote and published works on Shah Ismail Khatai.