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Pari Khān Khānum
Pari Khan Khanum (; August 1548 – 12 February 1578) was a Safavid Iran, Safavid princess, daughter of the second Safavid , Tahmasp I, and his Circassians, Circassian consort, Sultan-Agha Khanum. She was her father's favourite child and allowed to partake in court activities, gradually becoming an influential figure who attracted the attentions of the prominent leaders of the Qizilbash tribes. Pari Khan played a central role in the succession crisis after her father's death in 1576. She thwarted the attempt of her brother Haydar Mirza Safavi, Haydar Mirza and his supporters at securing his ascention and enthroned her favoured candidate and brother, Ismail Mirza, as Ismail II. Whereas she expected gratitude from her brother, Ismail curtailed her power and put her under house arrest. Pari Khan may have been the mastermind behind his assassination in 1577. She endorsed the enthronment of her elder brother Mohammad Khodabanda, who was almost blind. Pari Khan expected to rule while M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badi-al Zaman Mirza Safavi
Badi-al Zaman Mirza Safavi was a Safavid prince, who was the son of prominent military leader Bahram Mirza Safavi, who was the youngest son of Ismail I, the founder of the Safavid empire. Badi-al Zaman had two brothers named Ibrahim Mirza and Soltan Hosayn Mirza Safavi, Soltan Hosayn Mirza. When Badi-al Zaman's father died in 1549, he, along with his other siblings were taken care of by Tahmasp, who even announced Badi-al Zaman as his own son. Badi al-Zaman was appointed as the governor of Sistan in 1557, and married Pari Khan Khanum (who was at that time 10 years old). However, since she was Tahmasp's favored daughter, she was not allowed to go alongside her husband to Sistan. According to the other historians, however, Pari Khan Khanum was only engaged to Badi al-Zaman, which according to Gholsorkhi seems more believable. Allegedly the marriage went no farther, since Pari Khan Khanum chose a bureaucratic life in the capital, alongside her father, over married life in Sistan. On 26 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takmelat Al-akhbar
The ''Takmelat al-akhbar'' () is a Persian universal history composed by the Safavid poet Abdi Beg Shirazi in 1570. It was dedicated to Princess Pari Khan Khanum, daughter of Tahmasp I. There has only been a publication of the final section, which deals with the Safavid era. It chronicles the rule of Ismail I Ismail I (; 17 July 1487 – 23 May 1524) was the founder and first shah of Safavid Iran, ruling from 1501 until his death in 1524. His reign is one of the most vital in the history of Iran, and the Safavid period is often considered the beginn ... and Tahmasp I up till 1570. References Sources * * * Safavid literature 16th-century Persian books Chronicles containing universal histories in Persian {{Iran-hist-book-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sistan
Sistān (), also known as Sakastān (, , current name: Zabol) and Sijistan (), is a historical region in south-eastern Iran and extending across the borders of present-day south-western Afghanistan, and south-western Pakistan. Mostly corresponding to the then Achaemenid region of Drangiana and extending southwards of the Helmand River not far off from the city of Alexandria Arachosia, Alexandria in Arachosia. Largely desert, the region is bisected by the Helmand River, which empties into the Hamun Lake, located in Zabol, that forms part of the border between Iran and Afghanistan. Etymology Sistan derives its name from ''Sakastan'' ("the land of the Saka"). The Sakas were a Scythians, Scythian tribe which migrated to the Iranian Plateau and Indus valley between the 2nd century BC and the 1st century, where they carved a kingdom known as the Indo-Scythians, Indo-Scythian Kingdom. In the Bundahishn, a Zoroastrian scripture written in Middle Persian, Pahlavi, the province is called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahram Mirza Safavi
Bahram Mirza Safavi (; 15 September 1517 – 11 October 1549) was a Safavid prince, governor and military commander in 16th-century Iran. He was the youngest son of Shah Ismail I (), the founder of the Safavid dynasty. Throughout his career, he held the governorship of Herat (1530–1533), Gilan (1536/37), and Hamadan (1546–1549). He participated actively in the war with the Ottoman Empire, and also played a key-role in suppressing the rebellion of his brother Alqas Mirza. Bahram Mirza was also a notable patron of the arts, excelling in calligraphy, painting, poetry, and music, being surrounded by some of the same painters and calligraphers as his full brother and sovereign Shah Tahmasp I (). The '' Bahram Mirza Album'', an album of paintings and calligraphic samplings dedicated to him, is preserved at the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul. It appears to have had a significant influence on Safavid Iran's perception of a unique Persian artistic style. Bahram Mirza died on 11 Octobe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afushta'i Natanzi
Afushta'i Natanzi (: – after 1599) was a poet and historian in Safavid Iran The Guarded Domains of Iran, commonly called Safavid Iran, Safavid Persia or the Safavid Empire, was one of the largest and longest-lasting Iranian empires. It was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often considered the begi ..., who composed the historical chronicle ''Noqavat al-asar''. References Sources * * 16th-century Persian-language writers 16th-century Persian-language poets 16th-century writers from Safavid Iran 1530s births Year of death unknown Safavid historians {{Iran-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiqh
''Fiqh'' (; ) is the term for Islamic jurisprudence.Fiqh Encyclopædia Britannica ''Fiqh'' is often described as the style of human understanding, research and practices of the sharia; that is, human understanding of the divine Islamic law as revealed in the Quran and the sunnah (the teachings and practices of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his companions). Fiqh expands and develops Shariah through interpretation (''ijtihad'') of the Quran and ''Sunnah'' by Islamic jurists (''ulama'') and is implemented by the rulings (''fatwa'') of jurists on questions presented to them. Thus, whereas ''sharia'' is considered immutable and infallible by Muslims, ''fiqh'' is considered fallible and changeable. ''Fiqh'' deals with the observance of rituals, morals and social legislation in Islam as well as econo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharia
Sharia, Sharī'ah, Shari'a, or Shariah () is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition based on Islamic holy books, scriptures of Islam, particularly the Quran, Qur'an and hadith. In Islamic terminology ''sharīʿah'' refers to immutable, intangible divine law; contrary to ''fiqh'', which refers to its interpretations by Ulama, Islamic scholars. Sharia, or fiqh as traditionally known, has always been used alongside urf, customary law from the very beginning in Islamic history; has been elaborated and developed over the centuries by fatwa, legal opinions issued by mufti, qualified jurists – reflecting the tendencies of Schools of Fiqh, different schools – and integrated and with various economic, penal and administrative laws issued by Muslims, Muslim rulers; and implemented for centuries by Qadi, judges in the courts until recent times, when secularism was widely adopted in Islamic societies. Traditional Principles of Islamic jurisprudence, theory o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahinbanu Sultan
Mahinbanu Sultan (; 1519–1562) was the little daughter of Shah Ismail I of Persia (r. 1524–1576) and Tajlu Khanum. She was the youngest sister of Shah Tahmasb. She had a big influence during the reign of her brother, and acted as his political adviser. Biography Mahinbanu was born in 1519 in Tabriz. She lost her father at the age of five and was given a higher education in the court. She was very interested in politics and Tajlu Khanum introduced her well to it. After her mother's death in 1540, Mahinbanu was chosen as the only advisor to her brother, Shah Tahmasb. During her brother's reign, Mahinbanu was known as the greatest lady of the Safavid Empire. She never married and dedicated his whole life to the government of her father and brother, but after the death of Bahram Mirza, she took care of his three children named Sultan Hossein Mirza, Ibrahim Mirza and Badi-al Zaman Mirza Safavi took charge and brought them up, then at his request the two younger sons of Bahram Mir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parikhan Khanum (1506–1540)
Parikhan Khanum (; 1506–1540) was a daughter of shah Ismail I of Iran(r. 1501–1524).Newman, Andrew J. (2008). Safavid. I.B. Tauris. pp. 1–281. ISBN 9780857716613. She was born to Tajlu Khanum Tajlu Khanum () or Tajli Begum (), also known by her title of Shah-Begi Khanum (), was a Turkoman princess from the Mawsillu tribe and mother of Tahmasp I. Family While Italian writer Angiolello and Iranian historian Manuchihr Parsaʹdust ag ... and was the sister of Mahinbanu Sultan. Alongside her mother and sister, she participated actively in politics during the reign of her father. References 1506 births 1541 deaths 16th-century Iranian women 16th-century Iranian people Safavid princesses {{Iran-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suleiman Mirza (son Of Tahmasp I)
Suleiman Mirza (; b. 28 March 1554, Nakhchivan – d. 30 October 1576) was a Safavid prince. The son of king Tahmasp I (r. 1524–1576) by his Kumyk wife Sultan-Agha Khanum, he functioned several years as an official, serving as the governor (''hakem'') of Shiraz (1555–1557/58, under a '' laleh'') and Mashhad (1567–1573, under a ''laleh'' as well). His full sister was Pari Khan Khanum, and his Kumyk uncle Shamkhal Sultan – both extremely pivotal figures in Safavid affairs during the latter half of the 16th century. During the last few years of Tahmasp I's life, when a protracted competition for the throne was evident, as well as much jockeying for position by the rival factions, a number of Qizilbash chiefs decided, in 1574, to openly support Suleiman Mirza as heir apparent. When his half-brother Ismail Mirza Safavi (who succeeded as Ismail II) was eventually enthroned on 22 August 1576, the latter ordered for the systematic murder or blinding of any prince of royal blood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safavid Daghestan
The province of Daghestan () was a province of Safavid Iran, centred on the territory of the present-day Republic of Dagestan (North Caucasus, Russia). Numerous high-ranking Safavid figures originally hailed from the province, or had roots there. History Safavid control could roughly be divided into two areas. The areas in southernmost Daghestan, amongst which Darband (Derbent), were governed by officials who directly hailed from the Safavid ranks. The areas more to the north and west, where various Daghestani principalities and feudal territories existed, were governed by various local dynasts under Safavid suzerainty. The most important of these were the Shamkhal of Kumukh at the Terek River, and the ruler of the Kara Qaytaq styled with the hereditary title of ''Utsmi'', located on the Caspian littoral. The small kingdom of Enderi, located south of the Terek, formed somewhat of a "buffer state" towards the north. In contemporary sources, its population was commonly referred to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shamkhal Sultan
Shamkhal Sultan, was an important Kumyk noble of the second half of the 16th century in the Safavid Empire. Biography Family Shamkhal Sultan, alongside his sister Sultan-Agha Khanum, were from a prominent Dagestan origin Kumyk Shamkhal family from within the Safavid Empire. Sultan-Agha Khanum was married to king Tahmasp I, having one daughter known as Pari Khan Khanum, and a son known as Suleiman Mirza. Career Shamkhal Sultan appears prominently on the political scene during the same time as his niece, Pari Khan Khanum Pari Khan Khanum (; August 1548 – 12 February 1578) was a Safavid Iran, Safavid princess, daughter of the second Safavid , Tahmasp I, and his Circassians, Circassian consort, Sultan-Agha Khanum. She was her father's favourite child and allowed ..., who was born by his sister Sultan-Agha Khanum and king Tahmasp I. He participated actively in Pari Khan Khanum's political designs and acted for a time as her spokesman, and during their presence, the Safavid po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
