Abstract
National identity is considered as a common self-awareness of a nation, which can be traced in different contexts such as literature, music, drawing, calligraphy and architecture. Having four elements of language, calligraphy, poetry and architecture, historical poetry inscriptions enjoy the demonstration of national identity of their respective eras. Accordingly, this study is aimed to trace national identity in Persian poems of Safavid inscriptions in Isfahan City. In this order, all 97 Persian poetry inscriptions in Isfahan from Safavid era were studied. According to the result of analyzing all 457 verses written on mentioned inscriptions, the most repetitive issues in the studied poems include: 1. religious beliefs 2. Praising the King 3. Admiring the consecrators of the monuments, which respectively refer to Shia branch, kingship entity and consecration tradition in Iran. The point is, the three issues mentioned here, are considered as the elements of Iranian national identity in Safavid era.
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