Khvajeh Safar

Khvajeh Safar was a Safavid official of Armenian origin, who served as the first mayor (kalāntar) of New Julfa (the Armenian quarter of Isfahan), from 1605 until his death in 1618.[1][2] A member of the influential Shafraz family (also spelled Safraz), he was bestowed with the title by then incumbent king Abbas I (r. 1588-1629) in recognition of his father's (Khvajeh Khachik) rank of melik in Old Julfa, and his instant submission to Abbas I when the latter retook the area.[2] The next three subsequent kalantars were all from Khvajeh Safar's family,[2] while the last member of the family that held the post was Khvajeh Haikaz (1656-1660).[3]

References

1. Matthee 1999, p. 87.
2. Aslanian 2011, p. 185.
3. Babaie 2004, p. 63.

Sources

• Aslanian, Sebouh (2011). From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean: The Global Trade Networks of Armenian Merchants from New Julfa. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520947573.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Babaie, Sussan (2004). Slaves of the Shah: New Elites of Safavid Iran. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1860647215.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Matthee, Rudolph P. (1999). The Politics of Trade in Safavid Iran: Silk for Silver, 1600-1730. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521641319.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)