دانشگاه تبریز فصلنامه تاریخ نامه ایران بعد از اسلام 2251757X 11 23 2020 06 21 The Early Life of Shah Esma‘il In Contemporary Published Venetian Sources The Early Life of Shah Esma‘il In Contemporary Published Venetian Sources 69 100 11372 10.22034/jiiph.2020.11372 FA Willem Floor محقق تاریخ Journal Article 2019 09 11 The second earliest published contemporary account that mentions and discusses Shah Esmaʿil I, the founder of the Safavid dynasty, his family, his rise to power, as well as his Qezelbash followers was a report published in Italian in 1506. This article offers a translation and an analysis of this report, plus four letters that are attached to this report which shed light on the role that the Sophy played in European anti-Ottoman politics The second earliest published contemporary account that mentions and discusses Shah Esmaʿil I, the founder of the Safavid dynasty, his family, his rise to power, as well as his Qezelbash followers was a report published in Italian in 1506. This article offers a translation and an analysis of this report, plus four letters that are attached to this report which shed light on the role that the Sophy played in European anti-Ottoman politics https://tuhistory.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_11372_8aa8ad4003a294f9d8392c3bd31bd459.pdf