Khadem Beg Talish () (died 1514) was a

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and military commander of

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origin, who served the

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, and later the dynasty established by the order, the

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. Khadem Beg was a retainer of Soltan Ali Safavi and his brother Ismail Mirza, when they were child, and an important advisor to the

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(). He died in the

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Career

Khadem Beg served in many of the campaigns of Shah Ismail, especially in one against Arabian Iraq. In 1508, the Shah conquered

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and made him as first governor of Baghdad and the whole province, an office which included the task of supervising the Holy shrine of Karbala. Before holding governorship of Baghdad, he was ''Amir-e Divan'' (later called '' Divan-beigi'') of the Safavid Empire. He also held the position of ' of

from 1498.

Family

Yadegar Ali Sultan Talish, Khadem Beg's grandson, became Khalifat al-Khulafa for a brief in 1626–1627 and succeeded by his son, Badr Khan Sultan Talish.

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