كلاه ترك از آغاز تا صفويان

Kolah-e Tarkixovn the Beginning Up to the Safavids Era

The kind of hat used by mystic groups, known as "Kolah-e Tark" or "Taj-e Sutʹiana" has always had a special status and function. Since the first centuries of Islam up to the Safavids era, Taj or Kolah-e Tark has undergone a major change both formally and conceptually. The purpose of this article>, using the historical method of research, is to understand and explain the mentioned changes and their historical causes and factors. The findings of the research shows that the Kolah-e Tark was initially used as an ordinary headwear, but in the course of time, its form and concept changed and became a sign for abrogating the evils, a religious or sectarian motto, a component of social and political identity, as well as a pretext under which pro-Safavid militants and groups were humiliated by the Ottomans and Uzbeks.