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Qollar-aghasi
The Qollar-aghasi, also spelled Qullar-aqasi, was the commander of the Safavid Empire's élite '' gholam'' (also spelled ''ghulam'') corps. The word means ''lord of slaves'' in Azeri (''qullar'' means 'slaves' and ''ağası'' means 'lord of'). The holder of the office was one of the most powerful individuals in the entire Safavid state, and in fact by the end of the Safavid-era, he was the most important military official after the '' qurchi-bashi''. List of ''Qollar-aghasis'' Reign of Abbas I * Yulqoli Beg (1590) * Allahverdi Khan (1591) * Qarachaqay Khan (1617-1624) * Khosrow Mirza (1629-1632) Reign of Shah Safi * Khosrow Mirza (1629-1632) * Siyavosh Beg (1632-1655) Reign of Abbas II * Siyavosh Beg (1632-1655) * Allahverdi Khan (1655-1663) * Jamshid Khan (1663-1667) Reign of Suleiman I * Jamshid Khan (1663-1667) * Kaykhosrow Khan (prior to 1693) * Mansur Khan (prior to 1693) * Isa Beg (1693) * Aslamas Beg (1693-1695) Reign of Sultan Husayn * Aslamas B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Of The Safavid Dynasty
The military of Safavid Iran covers the military history of Safavid Iran from 1501 to 1736. Foundation of the Safavid military It was the first Safavid king (shah), Ismail I (1501–1524), who laid foundation to the Safavid military. Its origins date back to 1500, when Ismail decided to come out of hiding from Lahijan, a city in Gilan, northern Iran. On his way to Azerbaijan, he recruited followers, and had already recruited 450 at Rasht and 1,500 at Tarom. By summer, Ismail had already gathered 7,000 followers, mostly Turkmens from Asia Minor, whom he had rallied together in Erzincan, while the rest were Iranians, mainly from northern Iran. Ismail fought the Shirvanshah Farrukh Yassar during the same year, where his army is said to have ranged from 7,000 to 40,000. Another founding element of the Safavid armies, alongside the Turkomans and the Iranians, were ethnic Georgians. Numerous contemporary independent Venetian sources report that, as early as 1499, Ismail had Chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
