Built during the most intense phase of Safavid centralization under Shah Abbas I (1587-1629), Maydan-e Naqsh-i Jahan represents one of the most magnificent civic spaces of the early modern Islamicate period. The square is symbolic of state power in the spatial construction of royal authority made visible with the building of Ali Qapu, a pavilion that identifies the entrance to a large royal residential complex. This paper, however, seeks to go beyond a monarchy-centric account of Safavid politics in the architectural design of maydan-e Naqsh-i Jahan by offering an experiential conception of the political life of the square as a site of sensations. While relying on the writings of Mirza Hasan, a Safavid historian, about the square, the study shows how the clamor of myriad activities ranging from sports to military parades and religious ceremonies marked an experiential site of noises and utterances as sonic scenes of death, carnival, and life. In a sensory account of the Maydan, the paper also argues that at the center of Safavid civic and political life lay the embodied practices of the utterances whose clamors resonated along with noises of the bazaar, the mosque, and the palace, all architecturally part of the visual assemblage of the urban order. The paper finally considers other resonated performances that played a crucial role in Safavid public life and state power by producing a spectacle of clamors to sustain a political body.