List of Safavid commanders-in-chief
Commander-in-chief of Safavid Iran | |
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Appointer | The Shah |
Formation | 1501 |
First holder | Hosein Beg Laleh Shamlu |
Final holder | Hosaynqoli Khan |
Abolished | June 1722 |
This is the list of commanders-in-chief (sepahsalar(-e Iran), amir ol-omara)[a] of Safavid Iran. The amount of power the holder of the post had, fluctuated quite significantly throughout the centuries.
List of commanders-in-chief[]
Name | Entered office | Left office | Ethnicity | Family/tribe | Monarch |
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Hosein Beg Laleh Shamlu | 1501 | 1502 | Turkoman | Shamlu tribe | Ismail I |
Mir Najm Zargar Gilani | 1509 | 1509 | Gilaki | ||
Najm-e Sani | 1509 | 1510 | Persian | Khuzani family | |
1513 | 1514 | Unknown | |||
1514 | 1515 | Turkoman | Ustajlu tribe | ||
1523 | 1524 | Turkoman | Ustajlu tribe | Ismail I, Tahmasp I | |
Div Soltan Rumlu | 1523 | 1524 | Turkoman | Rumlu tribe | |
Div Soltan Rumlu + Mostafa Soltan Ustajlu | 1524 | 1524 | Turkoman | Rumlu and Ustajlu tribes, respectively | |
Div Soltan Rumlu + Choqa Soltan Tekkelu | 1526 | 1526 | Turkoman | Rumlu and Tekkelu tribes, respectively | Tahmasp I |
1527 | 1527 | Turkoman | Tekkelu tribe | ||
and Abdollah Khan Ustajlu | 1531 | 1534 | Turkoman | Shamlu and Ustajlu tribes, respectively | |
1567 | 1568 | Turkoman | Ustajlu tribe | ||
Qarachaqay Khan | 1616 | 1626 | Armenian | Abbas I | |
1629 | 1630 | Turkoman | Shamlu tribe | Abbas I, Safi | |
Rostam Khan | 1631 | 1643 | Georgian | Saakadze family | Safi, Abbas II |
1649 | 1649 | Turkoman | Qajar tribe | Abbas II | |
Aliqoli Khan | 1650 | 1654 | Georgian | Saakadze family | |
? | till 1690 | Unknown | At least Suleiman I | ||
1666 | 1691 | Kurdish | Zanganeh tribe | Abbas II, Suleiman I | |
Rostam Khan | 1692 | 1692 | Georgian | Saakadze family | Suleiman I |
Shahnavaz II, Gorgin Khan | 1703 | 1703 | Georgian | Bagrationi dynasty | Sultan Husayn |
Kaykhosrow Khan | 1709 | 1709 | Georgian | Bagrationi dynasty | |
1712 | 1712 | Turkoman | Shamlu tribe | ||
Mansur Khan | ? | February 1715 | Unknown | ||
February 1715 | ? | Unknown | |||
Mohammad-Ali Khan | ? | June 1716 | Lezgian | Shamkhal of Kumukh | |
October 1716 | October 1716 | Turkoman | |||
Hosaynqoli Khan | End 1716 | End 1716 | Georgian | Bagrationi dynasty | |
Lotf-Ali Khan Daghestani | 1718 | 1720 | Lezgian | Shamkhal of Kumukh | |
December 1720 | December 1720 | Unknown | |||
April 1721 | April 1721 | Unknown | |||
September 1721 | September 1721 | Turkoman | Shamlu tribe | ||
Hosaynqoli Khan | June 1722 | June 1722 | Georgian | Bagrationi dynasty |
Notes[]
- ^ Also spelled as amir al-omara, emir al-omara, or amir al-umara
Sources[]
- Floor, Willem (2001). Safavid Government Institutions. Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers. pp. 17–23. ISBN 978-1568591353.
- Matthee, Rudi (2012). Persia in Crisis: Safavid Decline and the Fall of Isfahan. I.B.Tauris. pp. 1–371. ISBN 978-1845117450.
Categories:
- Commanders-in-chief of Safavid Iran
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