Sam Mirza Safavi

Abolnasr Sam Mirza Safavi (16 October 1517 - 1566) was one of the sons of Ismail I. He was an art lover and was the author of the book Tazkare ye Sami or Tohfe ye Sami. The book is about poem and poets. He has written also remarkable works about calligraphy.[1]

Biography

Tahmasp I, Sam Mirza's elder brother, appointed Sam Mirza, who was still a teenager, as the governor of Herat in his third campaign to Khorasan and appointed Aghzivar Khan as Sam Mirza's custodian.

Sam Mirza balked his brother upon his retainers' instagation, but he regretted later and asked his brother for forgiveness. Tahmasp I forgave Sam Mirza and took him from Khorasan to Qazvin. In Qazvin, Sam Mirza was a companion of Tahmasp I. In 1549, Sam Mirza asked his brother, Tahmasp I, to allow him to remain in a place for praying, therefore Tahmasp I apponted him as custodian of the Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble and also the governor of Ardebil. In the time he was a governor and custodian, his house was the meeting place of scientists, poets and artists.

In 1561, Sam Mirza asked Tahmasp I to send him to Khorasan. The Shah agreed, but he changed his mind later upon the malevolents' instigation and sent Sam Mirza and his two underaged children to the Qahqaheh castle near Adebil. Finally in 1566, Tahmasp I ordered to kill Sam Mirza and his children and also Alghas Mirza's children.[2]

In 1578, 'Isa Khan Gorji (Jesse) married a daughter of Sam Mirza, by his wife, a daughter of Husain Khan-e Shamlu.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Mehdi Bayani Yassavoli (1966) (in Persian), Ahvâl o Âsâr e Xošnevisân (The Calligrapher's Biographies and Works), Elmi, pp. 228
  2. ↑ Ghaffarifard, Abbas Gholi (2002). Târix-e Tahavvolât-e Siyâsi Eĵtemâi Eqtesâdi yo Farhangi-ye Iran dar Dorân-e Safaviye [The History of political, social, economical and cultural developments in Iran in the Safavid era] (in Persian). Samt. p. 132-134. ISBN 978-964-459-631-5.
  3. ↑ Bierbrier, Morris (Fall 1997). "The Descendants of Theodora Comnena of Trebizond". The Genealogist 11 (2): 242.
  4. ↑ Montgomery, Hugh, ed. (1980). Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume 2. London: Burke's Peerage. p. 139. ISBN 0850110297.
  5. ↑ Buyers, Christopher. "Prince Jesse ['Isa Khan Gorji]". Royalark.net. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
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