Khalilullah II ( fa, خلیل الله دوم) was the 41st

Shirvanshah ''Shirvanshah'' ( fa, شروانشاه), also spelled as ''Shīrwān Shāh'' or ''Sharwān Shāh'', was the title of the rulers of Shirvan from the mid-9th century to the early 16th century. The title remained in a single family, the Yazidids, ...

, governing

Shirvan Shirvan (from fa, شروان, translit=Shirvān; az, Şirvan; Tat: ''Şirvan''), also spelled as Sharvān, Shirwan, Shervan, Sherwan and Šervān, is a historical Iranian region in the eastern Caucasus, known by this name in both pre-Islam ...

under

Safavid Safavid Iran or Safavid Persia (), also referred to as the Safavid Empire, '. was one of the greatest Iranian empires after the 7th-century Muslim conquest of Persia, which was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often consid ...

suzerainty between 1524—1535.

Reign

Born as Khalil, after the death of his father he assumed the

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of Khalilullah II in 1524. He was married to

Ismail I Ismail I ( fa, اسماعیل, Esmāʿīl, ; July 17, 1487 – May 23, 1524), also known as Shah Ismail (), was the founder of the Safavid dynasty of Iran, ruling as its King of Kings ('' Shahanshah'') from 1501 to 1524. His reign is ofte ...

's daughter, and

Tahmasp I Tahmasp I ( fa, طهماسب, translit=Ṭahmāsb or ; 22 February 1514 – 14 May 1576) was the second shah of Safavid Iran from 1524 to 1576. He was the eldest son of Ismail I and his principal consort, Tajlu Khanum. Ascending the throne after t ...

's sister Pari Khan Khanum (not to be mistaken for Tahmasp's daughter

Pari Khan Khanum Pari Khan Khanum ( fa, پریخان خانم, also spelled Parikhan Khanum; 1548–12 February 1578, aged 29) was a Safavid princess, the daughter of the Safavid king (''shah'') Tahmasp I ( 1524 – 1576) and his Circassian consort, Sultan-Agha ...

)Michele Membré
''Mission to the Lord Sophy of Persia (1539-1542)''
(original from the

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) School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1993 p 81 on 4 October 1521.

Relations with Safavids

After death of

, the new shah

was suspicious towards the new

shirvanshah ''Shirvanshah'' ( fa, شروانشاه), also spelled as ''Shīrwān Shāh'' or ''Sharwān Shāh'', was the title of the rulers of Shirvan from the mid-9th century to the early 16th century. The title remained in a single family, the Yazidids, ...

. This suspicion had grown when the latter gave asylum to a traitor to the Safavids - Gilan ruler Sultan Muzaffar. However, before demanding a pardon, Khalilullah died unexpectedly without issue, and was succeeded by

Farrukh Yassar II Farrukh Yassar II was the brief 42nd shah of Shirvan. Reign Not much is known about his reign; his existence was disputed until a 1934 discovery of a hoard of 906 silver Shirvanshah coins in Salyan. It was known that his son was invited by loca ...

References

1535 deaths Year of birth unknown 16th-century Iranian people Safavid governors of Shirvan 16th-century people of Safavid Iran {{Iran-royal-stub