Safiqoli Khan

Mirman Mirimanidze, better known as Safiqoli Khan (died 1631), was a Safavid official and gholam who served during the reigns of Abbas I (1588-1629) and Safi (1629-1642).

For the son of the Safavid commander-in-chief Rostam Khan, see Safiqoli Khan (son of Rostam Khan). For the 17th-century Safavid governor of Lar, see Safiqoli Khan Undiladze.

Biography

Safiqoli's original name was Mirman, and he was a member of the Mirimanidze clan.[1] His father was named Malek Qorkhmaz, and he had a brother named Malek Atabek (Atabegi).[2][3] One of his uncles, Tahmaspqoli, who was bestowed with the title Anīs ol-Dowleh, was the first influential gholam from the family.[4]

Safiqoli rose steadily through the Safavid ranks to become a yuzbashi (officer) early on in his career.[5] Later on, in 1618-1619, he became prefect (darugha) of New Julfa in Isfahan, and was made governor (beglarbeg) of Hamadan shortly after, in 1619-1620.[6][7] Following king Abbas I's recapture of Baghdad in 1624 during the Ottoman-Safavid War of 1623-1639, which ended many decades of Ottoman rule, Safiqoli was appointed as its new beglarbeg.[8][9][10] In addition, he was made the local qurchi-bashi of the shrine city of Najaf.[9]

His two close relatives included Mihrab Khan (d. 1648/49) and Manuchehr (sometime beglarbeg of Shirvan).[11]

gollark: Fiiine, I guess I'll wait for the next 5-min drop.
gollark: What, in five seconds?
gollark: 35 seconds.
gollark: Well, I'm not going to wait until my magi(s) are off cooldown.
gollark: It'll be going to the AP soon so I can pick something up during the hourly drop.

References
  1. Maeda 2003, pp. 253, 255, 266, 271.
  2. Maeda 2003, p. 256.
  3. Maeda 2003, p. 254.
  4. Maeda 2003, pp. 254, 256.
  5. Floor & Herig 2012, p. 481.
  6. Floor & Herzig 2012, p. 481.
  7. Maeda 2003, pp. 253-254.
  8. Newman 2008, p. 202.
  9. Maeda 2003, p. 253.
  10. Floor 2008, p. 158.
  11. Maeda 2003, pp. 253, 271.

Sources
  • Floor, Willem M. (2008). Titles and Emoluments in Safavid Iran: A Third Manual of Safavid Administration, by Mirza Naqi Nasiri. Washington, DC: Mage Publishers. p. 198. ISBN 978-1933823232.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Floor, Willem; Herzig, Edmund, eds. (2012). "Exploitation of the Frontier". Iran and the World in the Safavid Age. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1780769905.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Maeda, Hirotake (2003). "On the Ethno-Social Background of Four Gholām Families from Georgia in Safavid Iran". Studia Iranica (32): 1–278.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Newman, Andrew J. (2008). Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire. I.B.Tauris. p. 66. ISBN 978-0857716613.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Preceded by
?		 Prefect of New Julfa
1618/19-1626		 Succeeded by
Otar Beg
Preceded by
Ottoman rule		 Governor of Baghdad
1624-1631		 Succeeded by
Bektash Khan
Preceded by
[Qara] Hasan Khan Ustajlu		 Governor of Hamadan
1619/20-1623		 Succeeded by
Hoseyn Khan Chavoshlu Ustajlu
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