Isa Khan Safavi ( fa, عیسی خان صفوی), also known as Isa Khan Shaykhavand () was a

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 ...

prince, who occupied high offices under king ( shah) Abbas I (r. 1588–1629).

Biography

Isa Khan was the grandson of the Safavid '' vizier'' Masum Beg Safavi, and was married to one of Abbas' daughters. In 1612, he was appointed by Abbas I as the head of the royal bodyguard (''

qurchi-bashi The Qurchi-bashi ( fa, قورچی‌باشی‌), also spelled Qorchi-bashi (), was the head of the '' qurchis'', the royal bodyguard of the Safavid shah. There were also ''qurch-bashis'' who were stationed in some of the provinces and cities. T ...

''). In 1625, Isa Khan was appointed as the commander of the Safavid army of Georgia and fought a group of

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

rebels on June 30. During the battle, he was almost defeated by the rebels, until reinforcements arrived from Azerbaijan and helped Isa Khan defeat the rebels. In 1629, Abbas I died and was succeeded by his grandson Safi, who in 1631 executed Isa Khan including his three sons. Isa Khan's successor in the ''qurchi-bashi'' post was

Cheragh Khan Zahedi Cheragh Khan Zahedi ( fa, چراغ خان زاهدی; also spelled Cherag), also known as Pirzadeh (), was an Iranian officer in Safavid Iran, who served as the head of the royal bodyguard (''qurchi-bashi'') from 1631 until his death in 1632. Bio ...

. During the reign of Safi's son and successor Abbas II (r. 1642–1666), a

mausoleum A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be consid ...

was constructed for the three sons of Isa Khan.

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