Alqas Mirza, better known by his later name of Safi-(Qoli) Khan Lezgi, was a 17th-century official in
Safavid Iran, who hailed from a
Lezgian princely family. A native of
Dagestan, he was the son of Aldas (Ildas) Mirza Shamkhal, also known as Ildirim Khan Shamkhal, and therefore a member of the family of the
Shamkhal of
Kumukh
Kumukh (russian: Кумух; lbe, Гъумук) aka Gazi Kumukh is a village and the administrative center of Laksky District in Dagestan. It is located on the banks of the Kazikumukh Koysu, a branch of the Sulak River.
Etymology
Laks use the ...
. He was sent to the Safavid court in
Isfahan at a young age by his father during king
Safi's reign (1629-1642), where he grew up and was renamed "Safi(-Qoli) Khan". He served as the governor (''hakem'') of the
Erivan Province (also known as Chokhur-e Sa'd) from 1666 to 1674.
His son,
Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani
Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani ( fa, فتحعلی خان داغستانی), was a Lezgian nobleman, who served as the Grand Vizier of the Safavid ''shah'' (king) Sultan Husayn (r. 1694–1722) from 1716 to 1720.
A member of an aristocratic Lezgian fam ...
, rose to become one of the most powerful individuals in the Safavid state.
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17th-century deaths
Iranian people of Lezgian descent
Safavid governors of Erivan
People from Dagestan
17th-century people of Safavid Iran
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