Shah Mansur Lahiji ( fa, شاه منصور لاهیجی) was an

Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...

military commander of the

Kia'i dynasty The Kar-Kiya dynasty, also known as the Kiya'ids, was a local dynasty which mainly ruled over Biya-pish (eastern Gilan) from the 1370s to 1592. They claimed Sasanian ancestry as well. Lahijan was the dynasty's capital. The Kar-Kiya dynasty help ...

. His surname "Lahiji" implies that he was a native of

Lahijan Lahijan ( fa, لاهیجان, Lāhijān, also known as, Lāyjon in Gilaki) is a city near the Caspian Sea and the capital of Lahijan County, Gilan Province, Iran. According to the 2016 census, its population was 167,544 in 58,378 families. La ...

, and thus probably of Gilaki origin. He is first mentioned during the reign of

Khan Ahmad Khan Khan Ahmad Khan ( Gilaki/ fa, خان احمد خان), was the last king of the Karkiya dynasty in Gilan, ruling from 1538 to 1592. In 1591, the Safavid shah Shah Abbas (r. 1588–1629) asked Khan Ahmad Khan's daughter Yakhan Begum to marry his ...

(r. 1538-1592), where he served as the military commander of Lahijan and also as the governor of

Kuchesfahan Kuchesfahan ( fa, كوچصفهان, , glk, Kochesfahan, script=Latn ; also Romanized as Kūcheşfahān and Kuch-i-Isfahān; also known as Kushk-Isfagan) is a city and capital of Kuchesfahan District, in Rasht County, Gilan Province, Iran . At t ...

, which was claimed by its original ruler Amira Sasan. On June 1567, Shah Mansur Lahiji inflicted a heavy defeat on Amira Sasan near Siah-rudbar, making him and his men rout. Shah Mansur Lahiji thereafter disappears from mention.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yulqoli Beg Zu'l-Qadr 16th-century deaths Year of birth unknown 16th-century Iranian military personnel People from Lahijan Gilaki people