Safiqoli Khan | |
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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 |
Parent | Malek Qorkhmaz |
Clan | Mirimanidze |
Nickname | Mirman Mirimanidze |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Safavid Iran |
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. His father was named Malek Qorkhmaz, and he had a brother named Malek Atabek (Atabegi). One of his uncles, Tahmaspqoli, who was bestowed with the title Anīs ol-Dowleh, was the first influential gholam from the family.
Safiqoli rose steadily through the Safavid ranks to become a yuzbashi (officer) early on in his career. 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. 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. In addition, he was made the local qurchi-bashi of the shrine city of Najaf.
His two close relatives included Mihrab Khan (d. 1648/49) and Manuchehr (sometime beglarbeg of Shirvan).
References
- Maeda 2003, pp. 253, 255, 266, 271.
- Maeda 2003, p. 256.
- Maeda 2003, p. 254.
- Maeda 2003, pp. 254, 256.
- ^ Floor & Herzig 2012, p. 481.
- Maeda 2003, pp. 253–254.
- Newman 2008, p. 202.
- ^ Maeda 2003, p. 253.
- Floor 2008, p. 158.
- Maeda 2003, pp. 253, 271.
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.
- Floor, Willem; Herzig, Edmund, eds. (2012). "Exploitation of the Frontier". Iran and the World in the Safavid Age. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1780769905.
- Maeda, Hirotake (2003). "On the Ethno-Social Background of Four Gholām Families from Georgia in Safavid Iran". Studia Iranica (32): 1–278.
- Newman, Andrew J. (2008). Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire. I.B.Tauris. p. 66. ISBN 978-0857716613.
Preceded by? | Prefect of New Julfa 1618/19-1626 |
Succeeded byOtar Beg |
Preceded byOttoman rule | Governor of Baghdad 1624-1631 |
Succeeded byBektash Khan |
Preceded by Hasan Khan Ustajlu | Governor of Hamadan 1619/20-1623 |
Succeeded byHoseyn Khan Chavoshlu Ustajlu |