Shahqoli Khan Zanganeh ( fa, شاه قلی خان زنگنه, died 1716), was a

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nobleman, who served as the ''

vizier A vizier (; ar, وزير, wazīr; fa, وزیر, vazīr), or wazir, is a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the near east. The Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called '' katib'' (secretary), who was ...

'' of the Safavid king (''

shah Shah (; fa, شاه, , ) is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Iranian monarchies.Yarshater, EhsaPersia or Iran, Persian or Farsi, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII no. 1 (1989) It was also used by a variety of ...

'') Sultan Husayn (r. 1694–1722) from 1707 to 1716.

Family

Shahqoli was the third son of Shaykh Ali Khan Zanganeh, who also served as ''vizier'' from 1669 to 1689, whose other sons were: Hossein Ali Khan Zanganeh, Suleiman Khan Zanganeh, Ismail Beg Zanganeh, Abbas Beg Zanganeh, and Abbas Qoli Beg Zanganeh. The family belonged to the Zanganeh tribe, a Sunni Kurdish tribe native to the Kermanshah Province.

Biography

Shahqoli is first mentioned in 1680s, as being appointed the governor of Kermanshah Province. In 1689, his father died due to illness. One year later, a powerful and high-ranking aristocrat named

Saru Khan Sahandlu Saru Khan Sahandlu ( fa, سارو خان سهندلو) was a powerful and high-ranking aristocrat from the Turkoman Sahandlu tribe, who served as the head of the royal bodyguard (''qurchi-bashi'') from 1682 to 1691. In 1690, he had 40 members of t ...

, had 40 members of the Zanganeh tribe killed, which made Shahqoli protest to shah Suleiman I, stating that Saru Khan had humiliated the name of his deceased father by doing so. Suleiman forgave Saru Khan, due to the good relation they had. However, this was soon to end: in 1691, Suleiman had Saru Khan beheaded due to having a love relationship with Maryam Begum, the aunt of Suleiman. The shah then appointed Shahqoli as the head of the royal bodyguard ('' qurchi-bashi''), thus succeeding Saru Khan. After having been appointed to such as high-ranking office, a rivalry with the recently appointed ''vizier''

Mohammad Taher Vahid Qazvini Mirza Mohammad Taher Vahid Qazvini ( fa, محمد طاهر وحید قزوینی; died 1700), was a Persian bureaucrat, poet, and historian, who served as the grand vizier of two Safavid monarchs, Shah Suleiman () and the latter's son Soltan Hos ...

followed. In 1694, Suleiman died and was succeeded by his son Sultan Husayn, who later in 1699, appointed a Turkoman member of the

Shamlu The Shamlu tribe (also: Shamloo, Shomloo, Chamlou; fa, ایل شاملو) was one of the seven original and the most powerful Qizilbash tribes of Turcoman origin in Iran. List of the Khans of Shamlu *Ahmad Sultan Shamlu *Abdu Beg Shamlu ( F ...

tribe named Mohammad Mo'men Khan Shamlu, as the new ''vizier''. In 1707, Shahqoli Khan was appointed as the new ''vizier'' of the empire. Shahqoli Khan died in 1716, and was succeeded by his son-in-law

Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani ( fa, فتحعلی خان داغستانی), was a Lezgian nobleman, who served as the Grand Vizier of the Safavid ''shah'' (king) Sultan Husayn (r. 1694–1722) from 1716 to 1720. A member of an aristocratic Lezgian fam ...

. Shahqoli had a son, also named Shaykh Ali Khan, who although did not reach the same height of power as his father and grandfather, still served in high-office under the Safavids.

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