University of Isfahan Historical Researches 2008-6253 10 3 2018 10 23 The Trade Relation between the Safavid Government and the Ottoman Empire from Shah Safi’s period to the Fall of the Safavids (1039-1135 AH) The Trade Relation between the Safavid Government and the Ottoman Empire from Shah Safi’s period to the Fall of the Safavids (1039-1135 AH) 25 39 22653 10.22108/jhr.2018.100495.0 FA Hamid Taqavifar Ph.D. Student of Iran history, Najafabad branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran Mohammadkarim Yosofjamali Associate Professor of History, Najafabad branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran Naser Jadidi Assistant Professor of History, Najafabad branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran Journal Article 2016 11 24 Economic relationship of Safavids with the Ottoman Empire played a conciderable role in the policies of these two states after the Zohab Treaty till the Safavid fall. The basic antiquity of this relations was much more important than to look it to be seen or wiped out as ideological notes and sectional enmity. Nevertheless, at the time of the Safavid sovereignty and in regard to the hostilities between Iran and the Ottoman Empire, trade relation, as a kind of subject and dependency, became political and faced to serious challenge. Each of these governments tried to use their trade privileges as a force-lever. On the other side, with the decline of these two governments’ power and the entering of the Europeans in Persian Gulf and Middle East along with Iran and Ottoman Empire in political  settling  of the region, both became seriously weak in controlling  the trades in the Gulf regions. Therefore, the main purpose of this essay was to investigate different aspects of the trade between these two governments and their effects on trades relationships between Iran and the Ottoman Empire on the one side, and the political confusions and trade disarrangements of region <em>during the reign of Shah Safi till the fall of the Safavid</em> dynasty on the other side. The research method of this article was on the basis of reviewing the historical texts, documents, and library sources. Economic relationship of Safavids with the Ottoman Empire played a conciderable role in the policies of these two states after the Zohab Treaty till the Safavid fall. The basic antiquity of this relations was much more important than to look it to be seen or wiped out as ideological notes and sectional enmity. Nevertheless, at the time of the Safavid sovereignty and in regard to the hostilities between Iran and the Ottoman Empire, trade relation, as a kind of subject and dependency, became political and faced to serious challenge. Each of these governments tried to use their trade privileges as a force-lever. On the other side, with the decline of these two governments’ power and the entering of the Europeans in Persian Gulf and Middle East along with Iran and Ottoman Empire in political  settling  of the region, both became seriously weak in controlling  the trades in the Gulf regions. Therefore, the main purpose of this essay was to investigate different aspects of the trade between these two governments and their effects on trades relationships between Iran and the Ottoman Empire on the one side, and the political confusions and trade disarrangements of region <em>during the reign of Shah Safi till the fall of the Safavid</em> dynasty on the other side. The research method of this article was on the basis of reviewing the historical texts, documents, and library sources. https://jhr.ui.ac.ir/article_22653_c10950b733af52b37565778553e30475.pdf