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Qollar-aghasi
The Qollar-aghasi, also spelled Qullar-aqasi, was the commander of the Safavid Empire's élite ''gholam'' (also spelled ''ghulam'') corps. The word means ''lord of slaves'' in Azeri (''qullar'' means 'slaves' and ''ağası'' means 'lord of'). The holder of the office was one of the most powerful individuals in the entire Safavid state, and in fact by the end of the Safavid-era, he was the most important military official after the ''qurchi-bashi''. List of ''Qollar-aghasis'' Reign of Abbas I * Yulqoli Beg (1590) * Allahverdi Khan (1591) * Qarachaqay Khan (1617-1624) * Khosrow Mirza (1629-1632) Reign of Shah Safi * Khosrow Mirza (1629-1632) * Siyavosh Beg (1632-1655) Reign of Abbas II * Siyavosh Beg (1632-1655) * Allahverdi Khan (1655-1663) * Jamshid Khan (1663-1667) Reign of Suleiman I * Jamshid Khan (1663-1667) * Kaykhosrow Khan (prior to 1693) * Mansur Khan (prior to 1693) * Isa Beg (1693) * Aslamas Beg (1693-1695) Reign of Sultan Husayn * Aslamas Beg (1693- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Of The Safavid Dynasty
The Military of Safavid Iran covers the military history of Safavid Iran from 1501 to 1736. Foundation of the Safavid military It was the first Safavid king (shah), Ismail I (1501–1524), who laid foundation to the Safavid military. Its origins date back to 1500, when Ismail decided to come out of hiding from Lahijan, a city in Gilan, northern Iran. On his way to Azerbaijan, he recruited followers, and had already recruited 450 at Rasht and 1,500 at Tarom. By summer, Ismail had already gathered 7,000 followers, mostly Turkmens from Asia Minor, whom he had rallied together in Erzincan, while the rest were Iranians, mainly from northern Iran, such as the Talysh people. Ismail fought the Shirvanshah Farrukh Yassar during the same year, where his army is said to have ranged from 7,000 to 40,000. Another founding element of the Safavid armies, alongside the Turkomans and the Iranians, were ethnic Georgians. Numerous contemporary independent Venetian sources report that, as ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qollar-aghasi
The Qollar-aghasi, also spelled Qullar-aqasi, was the commander of the Safavid Empire's élite ''gholam'' (also spelled ''ghulam'') corps. The word means ''lord of slaves'' in Azeri (''qullar'' means 'slaves' and ''ağası'' means 'lord of'). The holder of the office was one of the most powerful individuals in the entire Safavid state, and in fact by the end of the Safavid-era, he was the most important military official after the ''qurchi-bashi''. List of ''Qollar-aghasis'' Reign of Abbas I * Yulqoli Beg (1590) * Allahverdi Khan (1591) * Qarachaqay Khan (1617-1624) * Khosrow Mirza (1629-1632) Reign of Shah Safi * Khosrow Mirza (1629-1632) * Siyavosh Beg (1632-1655) Reign of Abbas II * Siyavosh Beg (1632-1655) * Allahverdi Khan (1655-1663) * Jamshid Khan (1663-1667) Reign of Suleiman I * Jamshid Khan (1663-1667) * Kaykhosrow Khan (prior to 1693) * Mansur Khan (prior to 1693) * Isa Beg (1693) * Aslamas Beg (1693-1695) Reign of Sultan Husayn * Aslamas Beg (1693- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Rostom Of Kartli
Rostom ( ka, როსტომი) or Rustam Khan ( fa, خان جودکي; died 8 March 1722) was a Georgian prince, member of the Bagratid House of Mukhrani of Kartli, and a general in the service of the Safavid dynasty of Iran. He was killed by the Afghan rebels at the climactic battle of Gulnabad. Family background Rostom was a natural son of Levan, the regent of Kartli, by an unknown concubine. He was a half-brother of three monarchs of Kartli— Kaikhosro, Vakhtang VI, and Jesse—and the catholicos patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Domentius IV. Rostom's career, like those of many of his relatives, was shaped by the political hegemony of Safavid Iran over Kartli. He spent many years far from his homeland as a member of the Safavid élite to which he was also related by kinship: he was married to a daughter of Fath 'Ali Khan Daghestani, who served as grand vizier (chief minister) of Iran from 1716 to 1720. Safavid general Rostom's appointments in the Safavi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allahverdi Khan (Armenian)
Allahverdi Khan ( fa, اللّه وردی خان, died 1662) was a Safavid military officer of Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ... origin. He was the son of a certain Khosrow Khan, and had a brother named Emamverdi Beg. Sources * * * * * * * * 1662 deaths Year of birth unknown Safavid military officers Persian Armenians Ethnic Armenian Shia Muslims Safavid ghilman 17th-century births Safavid governors of Astarabad Safavid governors of Kuhgiluyeh Qollar-aghasi Masters of the hunt of the Safavid Empire 17th-century people of Safavid Iran Safavid slaves {{Armenia-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Bakar Of Kartli
Bakar ( ka, ბაქარი) (June 11, 1699 or April 7, 1700 – February 1, 1750) was a Georgian royal prince (''batonishvili'') of the Mukhrani branch of the Bagrationi dynasty and served as regent of the Kingdom of Kartli (eastern Georgia) from September 1716 to August 1719. He was the son of King Vakhtang VI of Kartli by his wife, Rusudan of Circassia. Vakhtang left him in charge of the government of Kartli (eastern Georgia) during his absence at the Safavid court of Persia from September 1716 to August 1719. His position was recognized by the Shah of Persia who invested him, in 1717, with the title of ''janishin'', a crown, sword, gold insignia, and robe of honor. At the same time, he had to nominally embrace Islam and assumed the name of Shah-Nawaz. On this occasion, he was appointed by the Shah the commander-in-chief of the Persian army and governor-general of Azerbaijan. In 1722, he was appointed as commander of the élite ''gholam'' corps (''qollar-aghasi''). When the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani
Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani ( fa, فتحعلی خان داغستانی), was a Lezgian people, Lezgian nobleman, who served as the List of Safavid Grand Viziers, Grand Vizier of the Safavid ''shah'' (king) Sultan Husayn (r. 1694–1722) from 1716 to 1720. A member of an aristocratic Lezgian family native to Dagestan, Daghestan, Daghestani was unlike the earlier Safavid grand viziers, a Sunni Islam, Sunnite, which was a religious sect of Islam that often Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam, faced persecution from the Safavid state. Although this did not stop Daghestani from rising in power and influence—in July 1716, he was appointed as grand vizier by the indecisive and weak Sultan Husayn, who had little interest in political affairs, thus letting Daghestani take care of most of the affairs of the country. This, however, resulted in Daghestani making a lot of enemies, who eventually in 1720 had Daghestani removed from power by a ruse. He was thereafter blinded and exiled in Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sultan Husayn
Soltan Hoseyn ( fa, شاه سلطان حسین, Soltān-Hoseyn; 1668 – 9 September 1727) was the Safavid shah of Iran from 1694 to 1722. He was the son and successor of Shah Solayman (). Born and raised in the royal harem, Soltan Hoseyn ascended the throne with limited life experience and more or less no expertise in the affairs of the country. He was installed on the throne through the efforts of powerful great-aunt, Maryam Begum, as well as the court eunuchs, who wanted to increase their authority by taking advantage of a weak and impressionable ruler. Throughout his reign, Soltan Hoseyn became known for his extreme devotion, which had blended in with his superstition, impressionable personality, excessive pursuit of pleasure, debauchery, and wastefulness, all of which have been considered by both contemporary and later writers as elements that played a part in the decline of the country. The last decade of Soltan Hoseyn's reign was marked by urban dissension, tribal uprisin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aslamas Beg
Aslamas Beg ( ka, ასლამაზ ორბელიანი), also known as Aslan Khan, was a Safavid official and military commander of Georgian origin. A scion of the Orbeliani family, Aslamas was the second son of Vakhushti Khan, the former governor of Shushtar. He was appointed prefect (''darugha'') of Isfahan, the royal capital, in 1683. Known for being hostile to the Armenians, he issued a ban on non-Muslims leaving their houses and appearing in public in times of rain as they would otherwise taint believers. The ban was cancelled after the wealthy Armenian merchants of New Julfa (Isfahan's Armenian quarter) appealed to the queen mother, Nakihat Khanum. Aslamas Beg later served as the commander of the élite ''gholam'' corps (''qollar-aghasi'') in 1693–1695, and as the governor (''beglarbeg'') of Qandahar in 1694–1695, or 1696–1697. Aslamas's son, Mohammad-Ali Khan, briefly served as commander of the artillery (''tupchi-bashi'') in 1722. Aslamas's namesake g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansur Khan (qollar-aghasi)
Gorjasbi Beg, better known as Mansur Khan, was a Safavid military commander, royal ''gholam'', and official from the Georgian Orbeliani clan. He served as the commander of the empire's élite gholam corps (''qollar-aghasi'') sometime before 1693, and as the governor (''beglarbeg'') of Qandahar in 1663. He was a son of the Georgian nobleman Aslamaz, and had at least two brothers, Otar (Zu al-Faqār) and Vakhushti, who held prominent positions like him. According to Alexander Orbeliani Count Alexander Orbeliani (Jambakur-Orbeliani) ( ka, ალექსანდრე ორბელიანი ამბაკურ-ორბელიანი (May 24, 1802 – December 28, 1869) was a Georgia (country), Georgian Romantic ... (1802–1869), he had one more brother named Kaykhosrow. Notes Sources * * * * {{s-end Qollar-aghasi Iranian people of Georgian descent Shia Muslims from Georgia (country) Nobility of Georgia (country) Safavid governors of Qandaha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaikhosro Of Kartli
Kaikhosro (also spelled Kay Khusrau, Kai Khusraw; ka, ქაიხოსრო) (January 1, 1674 – September 27, 1711), of the House of Bagrationi, was a titular king (a Persian-appointed wali) of Kartli, eastern Georgia, from 1709 to 1711. He reigned in absentia since he served during the whole of this period as a Persian commander-in-chief in what is now Afghanistan. Biography Kaikhosro was the son of Prince Levan, and accompanied his father during the service in the Safavid Empire. Since 1703, Kaikhosro himself served on high posts in the Persian administration, including being a ''darougha'' (prefect) of the capital city of Isfahan and a naib (deputy) to the divanbeg (chief justice). On the death of his uncle, Gurgin Khan (George XI), in 1709, he was confirmed as a wali/king of Kartli and a ''sipah-salar'' (commander-in-chief) of the Persian armies in what is now Afghanistan, and granted Tabriz and Barda in possession. He spent the whole of this period in field, and Kar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamshid Khan
Jamshid Khan was a 17th-century Safavid military commander and official. Of "unclear origins", he was the son of a certain Hajji Manuchehr Khan, a ''gholam'' and sometime governor of Shirvan and Astarabad. Jamshid Khan served as the commander of the élite ''gholam'' corps (''qollar-aghasi'') in 1663–1667. He also served as the governor (''hakem'') of Semnan in 1646–1656, of Astarabad (''beglarbeg'') in 1656–1664, and of Qandahar (''beglarbeg'') sometime after 1663. Especially due to the high office of ''qollar-aghasi'', Jamshid Khan yielded considerable influence in the Safavid state which was evident by the later tenure of grand vizier Mirza Mohammad Karaki Mirza Mohammad Mahdi Karaki ( fa, میرزا محمد مهدی کرکی) was an Iranian cleric and statesman, who served as the grand Vizier of the Safavid king (''shah Shah (; fa, شاه, , ) is a royal title that was historically used by ... (1661-1691), when the latters' power trailed that of Jamshid Khan. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siyavosh Beg (qollar-aghasi)
Siyavosh Beg, also known by his nisba of Bāshīāchūghī (died or 1655), was a Safavid military commander, official, and ''gholam'' of Georgian origin. Siyavosh Beg rose through the ranks to become a military officer (''yuzbashi'') early on in his career. In 1632, he was appointed as the new governor (''hakem'') of Derbent and as commander of the élite ''gholam'' corps (''qollar-aghasi''), succeeding Khosrow Mirza (later Rostam Khan of Kartli) to this post. He remained commander of the corps for a lengthy period. From 1645 to 1649, he served as the governor (''hakem'' and ''beglarbeg'') of Kuhgiluyeh. When in 1645 the re-appointed grand vizier Khalifeh Sultan urged for repressive laws against Isfahan's large Armenian community, the latter turned to Siyavosh Beg, himself a former Christian. Like his then incumbent king Abbas II (1642-1666), Siyavosh Beg was an avid drinker. Siyavosh Beg's ''nisba'' is derived from "Bash-Achuk", a Persian appellation of the Kingdom of Imer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
