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List Of Qurchi-bashis
The Military of the Safavid dynasty#Qurchi-bashi, Qurchi-bashi ( fa, قورچیباشی), also spelled Qorchi-bashi (), was the head of the ''Qurchi (royal bodyguard), qurchis'', the royal bodyguard of the Safavid dynasty, Safavid shah. There were also ''qurch-bashis'' who were stationed in some of the provinces and cities. They were all, however, subordinate to the supreme ''qurchi-bashi'', listed in this article. List of ''Qurchi-bashis'' Reign of Ismail I * Abdal Beg Talish (1506-1507) * Yakan Beg Tekkelu (1509-1510) * Saru-Pireh Ustajlu (1512) * Montasha Soltan Ustajlu (1513) * Yarash Beg Ustajlu (1514) * Ali Soltan Chichkelu (1518) Reign of Tahmasp I * Nadhr Beg (1524) * Bakr Beg Ustajlu (1526-1527) * Tatar-oghli Tekkelu (1528-1529) * Duraq Beg Tekkelu (1529-1530) * Dura Beg - or Dedeh Beg (1531) * Parvaneh Beg Tekkelu (1531) * Khalifeh Mohammad Shamlu (1533-1534) * Ughlan Khalifeh Shamlu (1534) * Shir Hasan (Dhu'l-Qadr?; 1534) * Sevenduk Beg Afshar (1534-1562) * ? * ... [...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, such as the Talysh people. 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 ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbas II Of Persia
Abbas II (; born Soltan Mohammad Mirza; 30 August 1632 – 26 October 1666) was the seventh Shah of Safavid Iran, ruling from 1642 to 1666. As the eldest son of Safi and his Circassian wife, Anna Khanum, he inherited the throne when he was nine, and had to rely on a regency led by Saru Taqi, the erstwhile grand vizier of his father, to govern in his place. During the regency, Abbas received formal kingly education that until then, he had been denied. In 1645, at age fifteen, he was able to remove Saru Taqi from power, and after purging the bureaucracy ranks, asserted his authority over his court and began his absolute rule. Abbas II's reign was marked by peacefulness and progression. He intentionally avoided a war with the Ottoman Empire, and his relations with the Uzbeks in the east were friendly. He enhanced his reputation as a military commander by leading his army during the war with the Mughal Empire, and successfully recovering the city of Kandahar. On his behest, Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qurchi-bashi
The Qurchi-bashi ( fa, قورچیباشی), also spelled Qorchi-bashi (), was the head of the '' qurchis'', the royal bodyguard of the Safavid shah. There were also ''qurch-bashis'' who were stationed in some of the provinces and cities. They were all, however, subordinate to the supreme ''qurchi-bashi'', listed in this article. List of ''Qurchi-bashis'' Reign of Ismail I * Abdal Beg Talish (1506-1507) * Yakan Beg Tekkelu (1509-1510) * Saru-Pireh Ustajlu (1512) * Montasha Soltan Ustajlu (1513) * Yarash Beg Ustajlu (1514) * Ali Soltan Chichkelu (1518) Reign of Tahmasp I * Nadhr Beg (1524) * Bakr Beg Ustajlu (1526-1527) * Tatar-oghli Tekkelu (1528-1529) * Duraq Beg Tekkelu (1529-1530) * Dura Beg - or Dedeh Beg (1531) * Parvaneh Beg Tekkelu (1531) * Khalifeh Mohammad Shamlu (1533-1534) * Ughlan Khalifeh Shamlu (1534) * Shir Hasan (Dhu'l-Qadr?; 1534) * Sevenduk Beg Afshar (1534-1562) * ? * Ahmad Beg Afshar (1574) * Yusefqoli Soltan Afshar (1576-1577) * Qoli Beg Afshar (1576 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Axworthy
Michael George Andrew Axworthy (26 September 1962 – 16 March 2019) was a British academic, author, and commentator. He was the head of the Iran section at the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office between 1998 and 2000. Personal life and family Michael Axworthy was born in Woking on 26 September 1962. He spent his childhood in West Kirby, Radyr, Ilkley and Chester, where he attended The King's School. Axworthy visited Iran frequently during holidays as a teenager because his father, Ifor, was involved in a project there with the Midland Bank. He recalled leaving the capital, Tehran, around September 1978 soon after the first large demonstrations against the soon-to-be-deposed Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, had taken place in the city. While studying history at Peterhouse, Cambridge, in the 1980s, Axworthy was greatly influenced by historians and other academics with interests in the history of ideas, such as Tim Blanning, Maurice Cowling, and Martin Golding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbas III
Abbas III (January 1732 – February 1740) ( fa, شاه عباس سوم) was a son of Shah Tahmasp II and Shahpari Begum of the Safavid dynasty and reigned from 1732 to 1736. After the deposition of his father by Nader Khan (the future Nader Shah) the infant Abbas was appointed nominal ruler of Iran on 7 September 1732. Nader Khan, who was the real ruler of the country, assumed the positions of deputy of state and viceroy. Abbas III was deposed in March 1736, when Nader Khan had himself crowned as Nader Shah. This marked the official end of the Safavid dynasty. Abbas was sent to join his father in prison in Sabzevar, Khorasan. In 1738, Nader Shah set out on campaign to Afghanistan and India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ..., leaving his son Reza Qoli Mirza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nader Shah
Nader Shah Afshar ( fa, نادر شاه افشار; also known as ''Nader Qoli Beyg'' or ''Tahmāsp Qoli Khan'' ) (August 1688 – 19 June 1747) was the founder of the Afsharid dynasty of Iran and one of the most powerful rulers in Iranian history, ruling as shah of Iran (Persia) from 1736 to 1747, when he was assassinated during a rebellion. He fought numerous campaigns throughout the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and South Asia, such as the battles of Herat, Mihmandust, Murche-Khort, Kirkuk, Yeghevārd, Khyber Pass, Karnal, and Kars. Because of his military genius,The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant "Nader commanded the most powerful military force in Asia, if not the world" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahmasp II
Tahmasp II ( fa, طهماسب, translit=Ṭahmāsb or ; 1704? – 11 February 1740) was one of the last Safavid rulers of Persia (Iran). Name "Tahmasp" ( fa, طهماسب, translit=Ṭahmāsb) is a New Persian name, ultimately derived from Old Iranian ''*ta(x)ma-aspa'', meaning "having valiant horses." The name is one of the few instances of a name from the ''Shahnameh'' being used by an Islamic-era dynasty based in Iran. In the ''Shahnameh'', Tahmasp is the father of Zaav, the penultimate shah of the Pishdadian dynasty. Biography Tahmasp was the son of Soltan Hoseyn, the Shah of Iran at the time. When Soltan Hoseyn was forced to abdicate by the Afghans in 1722, Prince Tahmasp wished to claim the throne. From the besieged Safavid capital, Isfahan, he fled to Tabriz where he established a government. He gained the support of the Sunni Muslims of the Caucasus (even that of the previously rebellious Lezgins), as well as several Qizilbash tribes (including the Afshars, under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sultan Husayn
Soltan Hoseyn ( fa, شاه سلطان حسین, Soltān-Hoseyn; 1668 – 9 September 1727) was the Safavid shah of Iran from 1694 to 1722. He was the son and successor of Shah Solayman (). Born and raised in the royal harem, Soltan Hoseyn ascended the throne with limited life experience and more or less no expertise in the affairs of the country. He was installed on the throne through the efforts of powerful great-aunt, Maryam Begum, as well as the court eunuchs, who wanted to increase their authority by taking advantage of a weak and impressionable ruler. Throughout his reign, Soltan Hoseyn became known for his extreme devotion, which had blended in with his superstition, impressionable personality, excessive pursuit of pleasure, debauchery, and wastefulness, all of which have been considered by both contemporary and later writers as elements that played a part in the decline of the country. The last decade of Soltan Hoseyn's reign was marked by urban dissension, tribal uprisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahqoli Khan Zanganeh
Shahqoli Khan Zanganeh ( fa, شاه قلی خان زنگنه, died 1716), was a Kurdish nobleman, who served as the '' vizier'' of the Safavid king ('' shah'') 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, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the Zanganeh tribe killed, which made the Zanganeh nobleman Shahqoli Khan Zanganeh protest to shah Suleiman I (r. 1666–1694), stating that Saru Khan had humiliated the name of his deceased father Shaykh Ali Khan Shaykh Ali Khan or Shikh Ali Khan (; 1778, Quba — 1822, Balakhani, Republic of Dagestan, Balakhani) was the last Quba Khanate, khan of Quba before its annexation to Russian Empire. Early life He was born in 1778 to Fatali Khan and his Armenian ... 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. Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saru Khan Sahandlu Safavid mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suleiman I Of Persia
Suleiman I (; born Sam Mirza, February or March 1648 – 29 July 1694) was the eighth and the penultimate Shah of Safavid Iran from 1666 to 1694. He was the eldest son of Abbas II and his concubine, Nakihat Khanum. Born as Sam Mirza, Suleiman spent his childhood in the harem among women and eunuchs and his existence was hidden from the public. When Abbas II died in 1666, his grand vizier, Mirza Mohammad Karaki, did not know that the shah had a son. The nineteen-years-old Sam Mirza was crowned king under the regnal name, Safi II, after his grandfather, Safi I. His reign as Safi II undergone troublesome events which led to a second coronation being held for him in 20 March 1668, simultaneously with Nowruz, in which he was crowned king as Suleiman I. After his second coronation, Suleiman retreated into his harem to enjoy sexual activities and excessive drinking. He was indifferent to the state affairs, and often would not appear in the public for months. As a result for his idlen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheragh Khan Zahedi
Cheragh Khan Zahedi ( fa, چراغ خان زاهدی; also spelled Cherag), also known as Pirzadeh (), was an Iranian officer in Safavid Iran, who served as the head of the royal bodyguard (''qurchi-bashi'') from 1631 until his death in 1632. Biography Cheragh Khan was the son of a certain Shaikh Sharif and a descendant of Zahed Gilani, the prominent Iranian grandmaster (''murshid''), and the teacher of Safi-ad-din Ardabili, who was the eponymous ancestor of the Safavid dynasty. Cheragh Khan was a supporter of the family of the ''qurchi-bashi'' Isa Khan Safavi Isa Khan Safavi ( fa, عیسی خان صفوی), also known as Isa Khan Shaykhavand () was a Safavid prince, who occupied high offices under king ( shah) Abbas I (r. 1588–1629). Biography Isa Khan was the grandson of the Safavid '' vizier'' ..., which was a cousin family to the ruling Safavid dynasty. However, in 1632/1633, he accused the sons of Isa Khan Safavi planning to stage a coup against Safi and then usurp t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
