Safiqoli Khan Undiladze

Safiqoli Khan (also spelled Safi Qoli; died 1632) was a Safavid official of Georgian origin, who served as the governor (hakem) of Lar in 1629-1630 (1st tenure) and in 1632 (2nd tenure) during the reign of king Safi (r. 1629–1642).[1][2]

For the son of the 17th-century Safavid commander-in-chief Rustam Khan, see Safiqoli Khan (son of Rostam Khan). For the 17th-century Safavid governor of Baghdad and Hamadan, see Safiqoli Khan.
Safiqoli Khan Undiladze
Imam-Quli Khan taking leave of his sons before they were executed. From a Jarūnnāmeh by Qadrī. Isfahan style, dated 1697
Governor of Lar
In office
1629–1630
MonarchSafi of Persia
Preceded byKhvajeh 'Abdol-Reza
Succeeded byEbrahim Khan
Governor of Lar
In office
1632–Unknown
MonarchSafi of Persia
Preceded byEbrahim Khan
Succeeded byKalb 'Ali Beg (Khan)
Personal details
Died1632
Parent
ClanUndiladze

A scion of the Undiladze clan, he was a son of Imam-Quli Khan and thus a grandson of the highly celebrated Safavid military commander and statesman Allahverdi Khan.[1] In late 1632, during the widespread purges that were initiated by the order of king Safi himself, Safiqoli was executed along with his father and brother.[3]

References
  1. Maeda 2003, p. 272.
  2. Floor 2008, p. 231.
  3. Matthee 2012, p. 38.

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. ISBN 978-1933823232.
  • Maeda, Hirotake (2003). "On the Ethno-Social Background of Four Gholām Families from Georgia in Safavid Iran". Studia Iranica (32): 1–278.
  • Matthee, Matthee (2012). Persia in Crisis: Safavid Decline and the Fall of Isfahan. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1845117450.
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