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Qizilbashs were various of Shi'a muslim turkish militant groups orginated from turkish tribes of Anatolia, which helped Shah Ismail I to overcome Aq Qoyunlu and found Safavid Dynasty in Persia. Qizilbash troops were mostly mounted, elite cavalry of Safavid army; their courage and loyalty was admirable and they palyed commonly a decisive role in battles. Qizilbash began to get powerful, gain high positions in safavid government, what caused them more enemies among other religious/ethnic groups as well as Persian kings, who were afraid of power of Qizilbash Emirs, specially because they were only obedient to their fellow Qizilbash masters. Shah Abbas I took many anti-Qizilbash actions such as lowing number of their troops and supporting rival groups e.g. Shahsevan(Georgian and Armenian Ghulams). Anti-Qizilbash policies of Safavid Kings continued after death of Shah Abbas their power began to weaken, till in course of decline of Safavid Dynasty some Qizilbash tribes took advantage of chaos, rose to power and later founded Afsharid and Qajar Dynasties in Persia.

Religious Beliefs:
Qizilbash were also very faithful followers of twelver Shi'a doctrine, therefore i used to write the following vers of poet of persian denser and scholar, Rumi, on the arrow holder. The vers refers to fearlessness, and morality of Hazrat i Ali, the first imam of Shi'a muslims and forth righteous Caliph of Sunni muslims, during his duel against Amr ibn Abdod, the most courageous man among Meccans, at battle of Trench:

از علی آموز اخلاص عمل
شیر حق را دان مطهر از دغل

Translation: learn from Ali Uprightness of deeds,
the Lion of Allah knows the difference between rightness and deception better.

My work is a portrayal of a ''Qorochi bashi'', commander of Qizilbash troops and commonly second highest rank in Safavid armies after ''Sepahsalar'' .

Weapons:
Shamishir: Persian curved long sabre, mostly used by cavalry units( the arm of Warrior covers it in the drawing)
Kard: almost 30 cm long Persian dagger used mostly during Safavid era by Persians and Indians.
Khanjar: 37 cm long curved Persian dagger, also used by Turks and Indians after 17A.D.
Composit Bow: turkish short bow used mostly by Ottomans and Safavid Persians with a rate of fire of almost 80 arrows per minute and range of 400 m.

Battle Engagements:
Ottoman-Safavid Wars, Mughal-Rajut Wars, Anglo-Afghan Wars, Afsharid Invasions of India.

Sources:
-History of social, econimcal, cultural, political implementations in Iran during Safavid Period, Abbas gholi Ghafarifar
-german Wikipedia
-Mathnavi Ma'nawi, Jalal ad din Muhammad Balkhi aka Rumi

Description
Qizilbashs were various of Shi'a muslim turkish militant groups orginated from turkish tribes of Anatolia, which helped Shah Ismail I to overcome Aq Qoyunlu and found Safavid Dynasty in Persia. Qizilbash troops were mostly mounted, elite cavalry of Safavid army; their courage and loyalty was admirable and they palyed commonly a decisive role in battles. Qizilbash began to get powerful, gain high positions in safavid government, what caused them more enemies among other religious/ethnic groups as well as Persian kings, who were afraid of power of Qizilbash Emirs, specially because they were only obedient to their fellow Qizilbash masters. Shah Abbas I took many anti-Qizilbash actions such as lowing number of their troops and supporting rival groups e.g. Shahsevan(Georgian and Armenian Ghulams). Anti-Qizilbash policies of Safavid Kings continued after death of Shah Abbas their power began to weaken, till in course of decline of Safavid Dynasty some Qizilbash tribes took advantage of chaos, rose to power and later founded Afsharid and Qajar Dynasties in Persia.

Religious Beliefs:
Qizilbash were also very faithful followers of twelver Shi'a doctrine, therefore i used to write the following vers of poet of persian denser and scholar, Rumi, on the arrow holder. The vers refers to fearlessness, and morality of Hazrat i Ali, the first imam of Shi'a muslims and forth righteous Caliph of Sunni muslims, during his duel against Amr ibn Abdod, the most courageous man among Meccans, at battle of Trench:

از علی آموز اخلاص عمل
شیر حق را دان مطهر از دغل

Translation: learn from Ali Uprightness of deeds,
the Lion of Allah knows the difference between rightness and deception better.

My work is a portrayal of a ''Qorochi bashi'', commander of Qizilbash troops and commonly second highest rank in Safavid armies after ''Sepahsalar'' .

Weapons:
Shamishir: Persian curved long sabre, mostly used by cavalry units( the arm of Warrior covers it in the drawing)
Kard: almost 30 cm long Persian dagger used mostly during Safavid era by Persians and Indians.
Khanjar: 37 cm long curved Persian dagger, also used by Turks and Indians after 17A.D.
Composit Bow: turkish short bow used mostly by Ottomans and Safavid Persians with a rate of fire of almost 80 arrows per minute and range of 400 m.

Battle Engagements:
Ottoman-Safavid Wars, Mughal-Rajut Wars, Anglo-Afghan Wars, Afsharid Invasions of India.

Sources:
-History of social, econimcal, cultural, political implementations in Iran during Safavid Period, Abbas gholi Ghafarifar
-german Wikipedia
-Mathnavi Ma'nawi, Jalal ad din Muhammad Balkhi aka Rumi