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List Of Safavid Governors Of Baghdad
This is a list of Safavid Safavid Iran or Safavid Persia (), also referred to as the Safavid Empire, '. was one of the greatest Iranian empires after the 7th-century Muslim conquest of Persia, which was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often conside ... governors (''wali''s) of Baghdad, ruling over Iraq. * Looe looe Hussain (1508–1515) * Fanharez (1515–1524) * Mohamed Khan Bin Sharafaldeen (1529–1533) * Tekkelu Muhammad Sultan Khan (1533–1534) * Safyaldeen Qaly Khan (1623–1631) * Bektash Khan Mirimanidze (1631–1638) * Yaftash Khan (1641–1638) See also * List of Ottoman governors of Baghdad References {{Reflist Safavid governors of Baghdad Government of Baghdad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safavid Dynasty
The Safavid dynasty (; fa, دودمان صفوی, Dudmâne Safavi, ) was one of Iran's most significant ruling dynasties reigning from 1501 to 1736. Their rule is often considered the beginning of modern Iranian history, as well as one of the gunpowder empires. The Safavid Shāh Ismā'īl I established the Twelver denomination of Shīʿa Islam as the official religion of the Persian Empire, marking one of the most important turning points in the history of Islam. The Safavid dynasty had its origin in the Safavid order of Sufism, which was established in the city of Ardabil in the Iranian Azerbaijan region. It was an Iranian dynasty of Kurdish origin, but during their rule they intermarried with Turkoman, Georgian, Circassian, and Pontic GreekAnthony Bryer. "Greeks and Türkmens: The Pontic Exception", ''Dumbarton Oaks Papers, Vol. 29'' (1975), Appendix II "Genealogy of the Muslim Marriages of the Princesses of Trebizond" dignitaries, nevertheless they were Turkish-spea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baghdad
Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon. In 762 CE, Baghdad was chosen as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, and became its most notable major development project. Within a short time, the city evolved into a significant cultural, commercial, and intellectual center of the Muslim world. This, in addition to housing several key academic institutions, including the House of Wisdom, as well as a multiethnic and multi-religious environment, garnered it a worldwide reputation as the "Center of Learning". Baghdad was the largest city in the world for much of the Abbasid era during the Islamic Golden Age, peaking at a population of more than a million. The city was largely destroyed at the hands of the Mongol Empire in 1258, resulting in a decline that would linger through many c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraq (region)
Lower Mesopotamia is a historical region of Mesopotamia. It's located in the alluvial plain of Iraq from the Hamrin Mountains to the Faw Peninsula near the Persian Gulf. In the Middle Ages it was also known as the ''Sawad'' and al-Jazira al-sflia ("Lower Jazira"), which strictly speaking designated only the southern alluvial plain, and ''al-ʻIrāq al-ʻArabi'' ("Arabian Irāq"), as opposed to "Persian Iraq", the Jibal. Lower Mesopotamia was home to Sumer and Babylonia. Regions of Iraq Delimitation The medieval Arab geographers placed the northern border between Iraq and Upper Mesopotamia (the ''Jazirah'') in a line running from Anbar on the Euphrates to Tikrit on the Tigris, although later it was shifted to a line running due west from Tikrit, thus including several towns on the Euphrates past Anbar into Iraq. Geography An alluvial plain begins north of Tikrit Near Hamrin Mountains and extends to the Persian Gulf. Here the Tigris and Euphrates lie above the level of the plai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bektash Khan Mirimanidze
Bektash Khan ( fa, بکتاش خان), also known as Bektash Khan Gorji ( fa, links=no, بکتاش خان گرجی) (died 1639), was a Safavid official and '' gholam'' who served as the governor (''beglarbeg'') of Baghdad between 1631 and 1638, during the reign of Shah (King) Safi (r. 1629–1642). His tenure was brought to an end in 1638 when the Ottomans captured the city during the ongoing Ottoman-Safavid War of 1623-39. Biography Bektash Khan was a member of the Mirimanidze clan, whose members had steadily risen through the Safavid ranks with the advent of the reign of Shah Abbas I (1588-1629), but had held influential positions priorly as well. After the death of his nephew Safiqoli Khan (Mirman Mirimanidze), Bektash Khan succeeded him to the governorship of Baghdad. Bektash Khan made considerable repairs to the fortifications that were damaged in the previous sieges. He also built extensive outworks to prevent the enemy from approaching the walls. During the decisive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ottoman Governors Of Baghdad
Ottoman walis (1638–1704) * Kashik Hassan Pasha (1638–1639) * Darwesh Pasha (1639–1642) * Kashik Hassan (1642–1644) * Daly Hussain (1644–1644) * Mohamed Pasha (1644–1645) * Mussa Pasha (1645–1646) * Ibrahim Pasha (1646–1646) * Mussa Semiz (1546–1647) * Malik Ahmed (1647–1647) * Arsalan Najdi Zadah (1647–1649) * Kablan Mustafa Marzonly (1649–1649) * Hussain Pasha (1649–1650) * Qarah Mustafa (1651–1652) * Murtazah (1653–1654) * Aq Mohamed (1654–1656) * Khasiky Mohamed (1657–1659) * Mustafa Pasha (1659–1659) * Khasiky Mohamed (1659–1661) * Kanbur Mustafa (1661–1663) * Bambej Mustafa (1663–1664) * Qarah Mustafa (1664–1664) * Uzon Ibrahim (1664–1666) * Qarah Mustafa (1666–1671) * Selihdar Hussain (1671–1674) * Abdulrahman Pasha (1674–1676) * Kablan Mustafa Marzonly (1676–1677) * Omar Pasha (1677–1681) * Ibrahim Pasha (1681–1684) * Omar Pasha (1684–1686) * Shokoh Ahmed Katkothah (1686–1686) * Omar Pasha (1686–1687) * Hassan P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safavid Governors Of Baghdad
Safavid Iran or Safavid Persia (), also referred to as the Safavid Empire, '. was one of the greatest Iranian empires after the 7th-century Muslim conquest of Persia, which was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often considered the beginning of modern Iranian history, as well as one of the gunpowder empires. The Safavid Shāh Ismā'īl I established the Twelver denomination of Shīʿa Islam as the official religion of the empire, marking one of the most important turning points in the history of Islam. An Iranian dynasty rooted in the Sufi Safavid order founded by Kurdish sheikhs, it heavily intermarried with Turkoman, Georgian, Circassian, and Pontic GreekAnthony Bryer. "Greeks and Türkmens: The Pontic Exception", ''Dumbarton Oaks Papers, Vol. 29'' (1975), Appendix II "Genealogy of the Muslim Marriages of the Princesses of Trebizond" dignitaries and was Turkish-speaking and Turkified. From their base in Ardabil, the Safavids established control over p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
