I Şah İsmayılın hakimiyyəti dövrü Səfəvi-Osmanlı münasibətləri Marin Sanudonun “Gündəlikləri”ndə

The reign of Shah Ismail (1501-1524), the founder of the Safavid dynasty, is one of the most important periods in the history of Azerbaijani statehood. His rule marked a momentous change in the geopolitics of the Near and Middle East. The establishment of the Safavid state and its relations with the Ottomans I became the subject of frequent reports to the Venetian Senate. Venetian government obtained information on Shah Ismail, Qizilbashs, and Ottoman-Safavid relations from a variety of sources. Standing at one of the important crossroads for East-West trade and thanks to her diplomatic and commercial representatives Venice was the most important hub of constant news on Middle East throughout the early modern period. Since there was no Venetian diplomatic representative in the Safavid capital, the Venetian baili in Istanbul, as well as Venetian consuls in Syria and Egypt were regularly tasked with collecting a wide range of information on Shah Ismail, Qizilbashs, and Ottoman-Safavid relations. Venetian baili in Istanbul, in particular, were expected to send periodic (usually weekly, sometimes biweekly) reports (dispacci) back to the Senate on a regular basis. Contemporary Venetian historians utilized these reports in writing their chronicles. Among the Venetian contemporary authors, we can particularly mention Marin Sanudo (1466-1536), whose Diarii covered the period from 1496 to 1533, and fills 58 volumes. Sanudo’s Diarii, which presents a view of universal history, along other other topics, also contains reports on Safavid-Ottoman relations. Drawing on the “Diarii” by Marino Sanudo, this paper aims to explore the Safavid-Ottoman relations during the reign of Shah Ismail I.