Mansur Khan (qollar-aghasi)
Gorjasbi Beg,[lower-alpha 1] better known as Mansur Khan, was a Safavid military commander, royal gholam, and official from the Georgian Orbeliani clan. He served as the commander of the empire's élite gholam corps (qollar-aghasi) sometime before 1693, and as the governor (beglarbeg) of Qandahar in 1663.
Mansur Khan | |
|---|---|
| Commander of the Gholam | |
| In office 1663–1663 | |
| Preceded by | Kaykhosrow Khan |
| Succeeded by | Isa Beg |
| Governor of Qandahar | |
| In office >1693–Unknown | |
| Preceded by | Otar Beg Orbeliani |
| Succeeded by | Jamshid Khan |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Safavid Iran |
He was a son of the Georgian nobleman Aslamaz, and had at least two brothers, Otar (Zu al-Faqār) and Vakhushti, who held prominent positions like him. According to Alexander Orbeliani (1802–1869), he had one more brother named Kaykhosrow.
Notes
- Also spelled as "Garjasb", "Karjasi", or "Garjasi".
Sources
- Floor, Willem (2001). Safavid Government Institutions. Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers. p. 173. ISBN 978-1568591353.
- 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. 257. ISBN 978-1933823232.
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- Matthee, Rudi; Mashita, Hiroyuki (2010). "KANDAHAR iv. From The Mongol Invasion Through the Safavid Era". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. XV, Fasc. 5. pp. 478–484.
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