Safiqoli Khan

For the son of the Safavid commander-in-chief Rostam Khan, see Safiqoli Khan (son of Rostam Khan). For the 17th-century Safavid governor of Lar, see Safiqoli Khan Undiladze.

Safiqoli Khan
Prefect of New Julfa
In office 1618/19–1626
Preceded by	Unknown
Succeeded by	Otar Beg
Governor of Baghdad
In office 1624–1631
Preceded by	Ottoman rule
Succeeded by	Bektash Khan
Governor of Hamadan
In office 1619/20–1623
Preceded by	Hasan Khan Ustajlu
Succeeded by	Hoseyn Khan Chavoshlu Ustajlu
Personal details
Died	1631
Parent	Malek Qorkhmaz
Clan	Mirimanidze
Nickname	Mirman Mirimanidze
Military service
Allegiance	Safavid Iran

Mirman Mirimanidze, better known as Safiqoli Khan (died 1631), was a Safavid official and gholam who served during the reigns of Abbas I (1588-1629) and Safi (1629-1642).

Biography

Safiqoli's original name was Mirman, and he was a member of the Mirimanidze clan.[1] His father was named Malek Qorkhmaz, and he had a brother named Malek Atabek (Atabegi).[2][3] One of his uncles, Tahmaspqoli, who was bestowed with the title Anīs ol-Dowleh, was the first influential gholam from the family.[4]

Safiqoli rose steadily through the Safavid ranks to become a yuzbashi (officer) early on in his career.[5] Later on, in 1618–1619, he became prefect (darugha) of New Julfa in Isfahan, and was made governor (beglarbeg) of Hamadan shortly after, in 1619–1620.[5][6] Following king Abbas I's recapture of Baghdad in 1624 during the Ottoman-Safavid War of 1623–1639, which ended many decades of Ottoman rule, Safiqoli was appointed as its new beglarbeg.[7][8][9] In addition, he was made the local qurchi-bashi of the shrine city of Najaf.[8]

His two close relatives included Mihrab Khan (d. 1648/49) and Manuchehr (sometime beglarbeg of Shirvan).[10]

References

1. Maeda 2003, pp. 253, 255, 266, 271.
2. Maeda 2003, p. 256.
3. Maeda 2003, p. 254.
4. Maeda 2003, pp. 254, 256.
5. Floor & Herzig 2012, p. 481.
6. Maeda 2003, pp. 253–254.
7. Newman 2008, p. 202.
8. Maeda 2003, p. 253.
9. Floor 2008, p. 158.
10. Maeda 2003, pp. 253, 271.

Sources

• Floor, Willem M. (2008). Titles and Emoluments in Safavid Iran: A Third Manual of Safavid Administration, by Mirza Naqi Nasiri. Washington, DC: Mage Publishers. p. 198. ISBN 978-1933823232.
• Floor, Willem; Herzig, Edmund, eds. (2012). "Exploitation of the Frontier". Iran and the World in the Safavid Age. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1780769905.
• Maeda, Hirotake (2003). "On the Ethno-Social Background of Four Gholām Families from Georgia in Safavid Iran". Studia Iranica (32): 1–278.
• Newman, Andrew J. (2008). Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire. I.B.Tauris. p. 66. ISBN 978-0857716613.

Preceded by ?	Prefect of New Julfa 1618/19-1626	Succeeded by Otar Beg
Preceded by Ottoman rule	Governor of Baghdad 1624-1631	Succeeded by Bektash Khan
Preceded by [Qara] Hasan Khan Ustajlu	Governor of Hamadan 1619/20-1623	Succeeded by Hoseyn Khan Chavoshlu Ustajlu