Safiqoli Khan (also spelled Safi Qoli; died 1632) 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 ...
official of
Georgian
Georgian may refer to:
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* 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 ...
origin, who served as the governor (''hakem'') of
Lar in 1629-1630 (1st tenure) and in 1632 (2nd tenure) during the reign of king
Safi (r. 1629–1642).
A
scion
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of the
Undiladze
The Undiladze ( ka, უნდილაძე, fa, اوندیلادزه) were a Georgian noble family whose members rose in prominence in the service of Safavid Iran and dominated the Shah’s court at a certain period of the late 16th and early 1 ...
clan, he was a son of
Imam-Quli Khan and thus a grandson of the highly celebrated Safavid military commander and statesman
Allahverdi Khan
Allahverdi Khan ( fa, اللّه وردی خان, ka, ალავერდი-ხანი) (c. 1560 – June 3, 1613) was an Iranian general and statesman of Georgian origin who, initially a '' gholām'' ("military slave"), rose to high offic ...
. In late 1632, during the widespread purges that were initiated by the order of king Safi himself, Safiqoli was executed along with his father and brother.
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1632 deaths
Iranian people of Georgian descent
Undiladze
Safavid governors of Lar
Shia Muslims from Georgia (country)
People executed by Safavid Iran
17th-century people of Safavid Iran
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