Piri Beg Qajar
Piri Beg Qajar was an early 16th-century Safavid military officer and official from the Turkoman Qajar tribe. He fought at the decisive in 1501 against the Ak Koyunlu; for his apparent valor, he was given an honorary name by king (shah) Ismail I (r. 1501-1524).[1] In the same year, Piri Beg Qajar was appointed as the first Safavid governor (hakem) of Karabakh–Ganja.[2]
Piri Beg Qajar is apparently one of only two attested individuals from the Qajar tribe (the other one being Acheh Soltan Qajar) who held stature during Ismail I's rule.[1] Nevertheless, neither Piri Beg nor Acheh Soltan were leading amirs "in the sense of holding high office in the early Safavid administration".[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Daniel 2002, p. 5.
- ^ Floor 2008, p. 258.
Sources[]
- Daniel, Elton L., ed. (2002). Society and Culture in Qajar Iran: Studies in Honor of Hafez Farmayan. Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers. ISBN 978-1568591384.
- Floor, Willem M. (2008). Titles and Emoluments in Safavid Iran: A Third Manual of Safavid Administration, by Mirza Naqi Nasiri. Washington, DC: Mage Publishers. ISBN 978-1933823232.
Categories:
- 15th-century births
- 16th-century deaths
- Safavid governors of Karabakh
- Safavid governors of Ganja
- Iranian Turkmen people
- Safavid military officers
- Qajar tribe
- 16th-century people of Safavid Iran
- Iranian people stubs