Mirza Mohammad Mihrani () known as Mirza Mohammad Talish () was an

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nobleman and prominent military commander of

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origin. He was a descendant of

Mihranids The Mihranids were an Iranian family which ruled several regions of Caucasus from 330 to 821. They claimed to be of Sasanian Persian descent but were of Parthian origin. History The dynasty was founded when a certain Mihran, a distant relative o ...

and his ancestors were the hereditary governors of Astara. Mirza Mohammad was the governor of Astara, and later became the Safavid governor of

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. He was married to a sister of Sultan-Ali Beg Chākirlu, the

Aq Qoyunlu The Aq Qoyunlu or the White Sheep Turkomans (, ; ) was a culturally Persianate society, Persianate,Kaushik Roy, ''Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400–1750'', (Bloomsbury, 2014), 38; "Post-Mongol Persia and Iraq were ruled by two trib ...

governor of

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. Mirza Mohammad appears in sources from 1500. He rebuked his serving official, Hamzeh Beg, for attempting to assassinate

Ismail I Ismail I (; 17 July 1487 – 23 May 1524) was the founder and first shah of Safavid Iran, ruling from 1501 until his death in 1524. His reign is one of the most vital in the history of Iran, and the Safavid period is often considered the beginn ...

() during his residence in Talish, but soon weakened in his own support. He was intending to betray Ismail but was dissuaded by another follower of Ismail. He was a very active campaigner for the Shah Ismail and participated in numerous expeditions. Under Shah Ismail, he was ranked among the

Qizilbash Qizilbash or Kizilbash (Latin script: ) ; ; (modern Iranian reading: ); were a diverse array of mainly Turkoman "The Qizilbash, composed mainly of Turkman tribesmen, were the military force introduced by the conquering Safavis to the Irani ...

''tiyūl''-holders. It is not clear whether he remained the government of Astara since he appeared in command of '' qurchi'' troops of Talish during these campaigns. Another post that he held during Ismail's reign, was the superintendent of the Safavid Shrine.

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