Khadem Beg Talish
Khadem Beg Talish | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Baghdad | |
| In office 1508–1514 | |
| Monarch | Ismail I |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 23 August 1514 Chaldoran, Safavid Iran |
| Cause of death | Killed in action |
| Resting place | Ardebil, Iran |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Safavid Iran |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Chaldiran † |
Khadem Beg Talish (Persian: خادم بیگ تالش) (died 1514) was a Sufi and military commander of Talysh origin, who served the Safavid order, and later the dynasty established by the order, the Safavid dynasty. Khadem Beg was a retainer of Soltan Ali Safavi and his brother Ismail Mirza, when they were child,[1] and an important advisor to the Shah Ismail (r. 1501–1524).[2]
He died in the Battle of Chaldiran.[1]
Career[edit]
Khadem Beg served in many of the campaigns of Shah Ismail, especially in one against Arabian Iraq.[1] In 1508, the Shah conquered Baghdad and made him as first governor of Baghdad and the whole province, an office which included the task of supervising the Holy shrine of Karbala.[3][4] Before holding governorship of Baghdad, he was Amir-e Divan (later called Divan-beigi) of the Safavid Empire.[5]
He also held the position of Khalifat al-Khulafa of Safavid order from 1498.[6]
Family[edit]
Yadegar Ali Sultan Talish, Khadem Beg's grandson, became Khalifat al-Khulafa for a brief in 1626–1627 and succeeded by his son, Badr Khan Sultan Talish.[7]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Reid 1983, p. 155.
- ^ Reid 1983, p. 87.
- ^ Reid 1983, pp. 86–87.
- ^ Nasiri 2008, p. 157.
- ^ Floor 2000, p. 20.
- ^ Floor 2003, p. 55.
- ^ Floor 2003, p. 56.
Sources[edit]
- Floor, Willem (2000). "The Secular Judicial System in Safavid Persia". Studia Iranica. 29 (1): 9–60. doi:10.2143/SI.29.1.565532.
- Floor, Willem (2003). "The Khalifeh al-kholafa of the Safavid Sufi Order". Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft. 153 (1): 51–86. JSTOR 43381252.
- Nasiri, Mirza Naqi (2008). Floor, Willem (ed.). Titles & Emoluments in Safavid Iran: A Third Manual of Safavid Administration. Translated by Willem Floor. Washington, D.C.: Mage Publishers. ISBN 1-933823-23-2.
- Reid, James J. (1983). Tribalism and Society in Islamic Iran, 1500–1629. Malibu, California: Undena Publications. ISBN 0-890031-25-8.