Piri Beg Qajar was an early 16th-century Safavid Iran, Iranian military officer and official from the Turkoman (ethnonym), Turkoman Qajars (tribe), Qajar tribe, who served under Safavid Shah ("King") Ismail I (1501-1524). He fought at the decisive Battle of Sarur in 1501 against the Ak Koyunlu; for his apparent valor, he was given an honorary name by Ismail I. In the same year, Piri Beg Qajar was appointed as the first Safavid governor (''hakem'') of Safavid Karabakh, Karabakh–Ganja. Piri Beg Qajar is apparently one of only two attested individuals from the Qajar tribe (the other one being Acheh Soltan Qajar) who held stature during Ismail I's rule. Nevertheless, neither Piri Beg nor Acheh Soltan were leading amirs "in the sense of holding high office in the early Safavid administration".

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* * 15th-century births 16th-century deaths Safavid governors of Karabakh Safavid governors of Ganja Iranian Turkmen people Safavid military officers Qajar tribe 16th-century people from Safavid Iran {{Iran-bio-stub