Nowruz Beg (died 1640), was a

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official from the Georgian Tulashvili clan, who served during the reigns of Abbas I (1588-1629) and Safi (1629-1642). He sometime married a daughter of the prominent Safavid-Georgian military and political leader Imam-Quli Khan. In 1626-1627, Abbas I made Nowruz Beg steward of the

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, while his brother-in-law

Daud Khan Undiladze Daud-Khan or Dāvūd b. Allāhverdī (; ka, დაუდ-ხანი) was a Safavid Iranian military commander and politician of Georgian origin who served as governor (''beglarbeg'') of Ganja and Karabakh from 1627 to 1633. Biography Da ...

became governor of Karabakh itself.

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* * 1640 deaths Iranian people of Georgian descent 17th-century people from Safavid Iran Shia Muslims from Georgia (country) 16th-century people from Safavid Iran {{Iran-bio-stub