Shahverdi Sultan
Shahverdi Sultan Ziyadoghlu Qajar (Persian: شاهوردی سلطان زیاد اوغلو قاجار), better simply known as Shahverdi Sultan (شاهوردی سلطان), was a Safavid military leader of Turkmen origin, who served as the governor (beglarbeg) of Ganja during the reign of king Tahmasp I (r. 1524–1576).
Biography
Shahverdi Sultan belonged to the Ziyadoghlu family, a family which belonged to Qajar tribe, and thus part of the Qizilbash.[1] Shahverdi Sultan's family had originally been dispatched to govern Karabakh in southern Arran.[2] In the early 1540s, Shahverdi Sultan was appointed governor of the Ganja beglerbeylik (province) by king (shah) Tahmasp I. In 1555, he was immediately dispatched by Tahmasp I to secure the eastern Georgian kingdoms of Kartli and Kakheti, which had been recognized as Iranian domains per the ratified Peace of Amasya with the neighboring Ottoman Empire.[3] Head of the Persian army as sent by Tahmasp towards Kartli, Shahverdi Sultan's army met those of the Georgian king Luarsab I and his son Simon at Garisi (present-day Tetritsqaro), where a major battle culminated.[3] Shahverdi Sultan and his army were routed at Garisi, but Luarsab himself died in battle.[3]
Shahverdi Sultan is thereafter no longer mentioned in other sources—it is known he had a son named Khalil Khan Ziyadoghlu, whose son, Muhammad Khan Ziyadoghlu, also served as the governor of Ganja.[1]
References
- 1 2 Sümer 1997, p. 389.
- ↑ Bosworth 2000, pp. 282-283.
- 1 2 3 Mikaberidze 2015, p. 311.
Sources
- Mikaberidze, Alexander (2015). Historical Dictionary of Georgia (2 ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-44224-146-6.
- Sümer, F. (1997). "Kādjār". E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, Volume IV: IRAN-KHA. Leiden: BRILL. p. 387-399. ISBN 90-04-05745-5.
- Bosworth, C. E. (2000). "GANJA". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. X, Fasc. 3. pp. 282–283.