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Author Topic: Safavid quizilbashes headgear?  (Read 1359 times)

Offline Khurasan Miniatures

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Safavid quizilbashes headgear?
« on: July 01, 2016, 03:34:45 PM »
Question.  Why are Safavid "quizelbashes" (red heads) so often portrayed looking like this:



When as far as I can see they are never portrayed that way in period art?

Usually you see this arrangement, a rather strange and elaborate get-up:



or this, just a bulky turban that was red (but not solid red):



Same sort of thing worn by Shah Abbas:



Anyone?  It looks like the hat in the first image is the same as the hat worn by the guys in the second image, but with the turban pulled up over the broad bottom part of whatever sort of odd hat that is they are wearing, whereas in the second image every man has at least the top part of the broad bottom part of the hat exposed.  Why do reconstructions of Quizilbashes always show the broad part completely covered by the turban?
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Re: Safavid quizilbashes headgear?
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2016, 05:01:56 PM »
Bump?

Or does anyone have Kaveh Farrokh's e-mail address?  :-)

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Re: Safavid quizilbashes headgear?
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2016, 07:55:31 PM »
Maybe i can help a close friend of mine has quizibashes in his family under the safavids he told me the red symbolises their role as the avengers of 'Ali' allah be praised with him
I don't have kaveh Farrouks email but he has a website he updates kavehfarrokh.com the contact form is messed up try facebook?

 

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