The Reflection of Historiography of Art in the political Historiography of the Safavids(With an Emphasis on the Art of Calligraphy)

Political historiography is one of the general features of the Safavid historiography, which has its main reliance on the political and military events and has paid less attention to the social, economic, cultural and artistic affairs. Despite this dominant approach in the political historiography, with the effective support of the Safavids for art and the interest of some political historians in the art of calligraphy, who were among the court secretaries, scribes and calligraphers, the importance and volume of recorded materials on calligraphy was in the first place compared to other arts. Also, under the influence of the political historiography, Golestan-Honar was written as the first serious historiography in Iranian art, which shows the value and superiority of the calligraphy from the perspective of political developments and the center of the Safavid court over other arts. In this descriptive-analytical research, the historiography of the art of calligraphy is examined in the political historiography of the Safavid era. The findings indicate that the status of the great calligraphers, the history and various items of calligraphy and special attention to Nastaliq pen, the classification of calligraphers and their migrations are reflected in the political historiography of this period.