مطالعه تطبیقی کلاه مردان در سفرنامه ها و نگاره های دوران صفوی با تاکید بر دیوارنگاره های کاخ چهلستون اصفهان

Based on the relation between the men`s jobs and their clothes during safavid dynasty, the present study attempts to investigate the form of head wears. for this purpose it compares the descriptions in written sources with the frescoes of the chehelsotoon palace in isfahan. because of a lack of proper descriptions or pictures in written sources, travelers’ notes are also taken as sources in this study.the structure of safavid dynasty was like a pyramid which places the king at the top. each member of government had his own head wear which reflected the status of its owner. tajheydary, symbol of ghoorshisor ghollars in the wars, was the most famous head wear made of red soghralat with twelve parts. after shah ismail and shah tahmasb, it became a royal symbol worn by the princes. they used to decorate it with jewels and feathers and called it toomartaj.mandil was another head wear worn by players and dancers. it was made of zarboft clothes with stripy or flowery designs. holly people also used to wear a simple white dolband.another type of head wears, called borak, made of leather and clothe was worn by shaters and jazayeris.this study concludes that one can find a proper government organization reflected in the head wears in safavid era.