(authors: Willem Floor & Hasan Javadi). — Figure 1. Letter of Shah Esma’i to Amir Musa Doghurt, p. 579. // Iranian Studies. Volume 46, Issue 4. Published by Taylor & Francis Limited Liability Company on behalf of International Society of Iranian Studies. June 2013, .

This also borne out by the fact that not all official correspondence was in Persian. Although most of the secretariat’s correspondence was in Persian, some of it was also in Turkish, written to recipients both inside as well as outside Iran from the very beginning of the Safavid state. For example, on 23 May 1512, Shah Esma‘il wrote a letter in Turkish to the chief of the Dughurt tribe in Anatolia.61 امیر اعظم اکرم موسی دوغورت عنایت و شفقتمز امیدوار اولندون صونکره شیله بلسون کیم افتخار اعاظم و اعیان احمد آغا قرامانلو اول طرفه گوندردوک و اول هرنکه اختیار لکنی کندونه شفقت اتسون گرک کیم مشارالیه سوزوندن و مصلحتدن چخمسون و متابعت و یاردم اونگا قیلسون کیم انشاالله تعالی هرنه کیم اتمک مرادی و استکی اولسه حاصل دور. گوندن گونه هر ایش واقع بولسه احمد آقا اتفاقی ایله درگاه معلامزه بیلدرسونلر کیم هر نوع بویر غمز اولسه عمل اتسون گونلیمزه خوش دوتوب مرحتمزه امردار السون. تحریراً 7 ربیع الاول سنه 918 [After being sure of our clemency and favor his excellency Amir Musa Doghurt, let him know that we have sent the honor of the great and notables, Ahmad Agha Qaramanlu to the side, and whatever he requires or commands should be complied with, and he should be obeyed and assisted in all things. God willing whatever his desires are will be fulfilled. Daily reports of what is happening should be submitted to the high court both by Ahmad Agha and Amir Musa so that all our orders are implemented and thus they gain our gracious favor. Written 7