| Safiqoli Khan | |
|---|---|
| Prefect of New Julfa | |
In office 1618/19–1626 | |
| Preceded by | Unknown |
| Succeeded by | Otar Beg |
| Governor of Baghdad | |
In office 1624–1631 | |
| Preceded by | Ottoman rule |
| Succeeded by | Bektash Khan |
| Governor of Hamadan | |
In office 1619/20–1623 | |
| Preceded by | Hasan Khan Ustajlu |
| Succeeded by | Hoseyn Khan Chavoshlu Ustajlu |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1631 |
| Parents | Malek Qorkhmaz |
| Clan | Mirimanidze |
| Military service | |
| Nickname(s) | Mirman Mirimanidze |
| Allegiance |  Safavid Iran
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Mirman Mirimanidze, better known as Safiqoli Khan (died 1631), was a Safavid official and gholam who served during the reigns of Abbas I (1588-1629) and Safi (1629-1642).
Biography[]
Safiqoli's original name was Mirman, and he was a member of the Mirimanidze clan.[1] His father was named Malek Qorkhmaz, and he had a brother named Malek Atabek (Atabegi).[1][1] One of his uncles, Tahmaspqoli, who was bestowed with the title Anīs ol-Dowleh, was the first influential gholam from the family.[1] Safiqoli rose steadily through the Safavid ranks to become a yuzbashi (officer) early on in his career.[2] Later on, in 1618–1619, he became prefect (darugha) of New Julfa in Isfahan, and was made governor (beglarbeg) of Hamadan shortly after, in 1619–1620.[2][1] Following king Abbas I's recapture of Baghdad in 1624 during the Ottoman-Safavid War of 1623–1639, which ended many decades of Ottoman rule, Safiqoli was appointed as its new beglarbeg.[3][1][4] In addition, he was made the local qurchi-bashi of the shrine city of Najaf.[1] His two close relatives included Mihrab Khan (d. 1648/49) and Manuchehr (sometime beglarbeg of Shirvan).[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Maeda 2003, pp. 253, 255, 266, 271. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "FOOTNOTEMaeda2003" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Floor & Herzig 2012, p. 481.
- ↑ Newman 2008, p. 202.
- ↑ Floor 2008, p. 158.
Sources[]
- Floor, Willem M. (2008). Titles and Emoluments in Safavid Iran: A Third Manual of Safavid Administration, by Mirza Naqi Nasiri. Washington, DC: Mage Publishers. p. 198. ISBN 978-1933823232.
- "Exploitation of the Frontier". Iran and the World in the Safavid Age. I.B. Tauris. 2012. ISBN 978-1780769905.
- Maeda, Hirotake (2003). "On the Ethno-Social Background of Four Gholām Families from Georgia in Safavid Iran". pp. 1–278.
- Newman, Andrew J. (2008). Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire. I.B.Tauris. p. 66. ISBN 978-0857716613. https://books.google.com/books?id=KPgBAwAAQBAJ&q=false.
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