Common Iranian-Ottoman Intellectual Heritage in Professions and Crafts

In the tenth century, the widespread political, cultural and social exchanges between the two Safavid and Ottoman governments led to the expansion of telecommunications in various fields, which can be seen in the professions and crafts of that era. Some of the documents and records provide a clear picture of the state of the professions and crafts of the Safavid and Ottoman governments, which is a comparative study of these two documents for the purpose of identifying the intellectual and cultural commonalities of the two lands, a new platform for more in-depth studies. The purpose of this research is to introduce and review the Safavid and Ottoman professions and to show the impact of these social and cultural relations on the development of crafts. To this end, in the first part of this study, the political exchanges of the Safavid and Ottoman states are reviewed, and then some of the most important documents and resources contain information about the professions of these countries. In the later sections, while introducing the letter mentioned in these documents, the status of professions of the Safavid and Ottoman era, with emphasis on its common points in the types of letters and constituencies, the position and salary of the traders and specialist businesses are studied. Despite the explanation of the differentiation aspects, the results of the research indicate the intellectual and cultural commonalities between the two Safavid and Ottoman governments. The research method is analyticalcomparative and the method of collecting information is library-documentary.