Najafqoli Khan or Najafqoli Khan b. Qazaq Khan Cherkes 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 ...

gholam Ghulam ( ar, غلام, ) is an Arabic word meaning ''servant'', ''assistant'', ''boy'', or ''youth''. It is used to describe young servants in paradise. It is also used to refer to slave-soldiers in the Abbasid, Ottoman, Safavid and to a lesse ...

'' of Circassian origin, who served as ''beglerbeg'' (governor) of Shirvan (1st term; 1653, 2nd term; 1663–67) and of the Erivan Province (also known as Chokhur-e Sa'd; 1656-1663). He was the son of the Safavid-Circassian military commander and governor

Qazaq Khan Cherkes Qazaq Khan Cherkes was a military commander in Safavid Iran of Circassian origin, who also served as the governor (''beglarbeg'') of Shirvan (1624–1633) and Astarabad (1639–1640). A high-ranking member of the ''gholam'' military corps, he wa ...

. In total, he held the governorship of Shirvan for 7 years.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cherkes, Najafqoli Khan Iranian people of Circassian descent Safavid governors of Erivan Safavid governors of Shirvan Date of birth unknown Date of death unknown 17th-century people of Safavid Iran