Mirza Mohammad Talish
Mirza Mohammad Mihrani (Persian: میرزا محمد مهرانی)[1] known as Mirza Mohammad Talish (Persian: میرزا محمد تالش) was an Iranian nobleman and prominent military commander of Talysh origin. He was a descendant of Mihranids and his ancestors were the hereditary governors of Astara.[2] Mirza Mohammad was the governor of Astara, and later became the Safavid governor of Yazd.[3] He was married to a sister of Sultan-Ali Beg Chākirlu, the Aq Qoyunlu governor of Ardabil.[4]
| Mirza Mohammad Talish | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Astara | |
| Born | Mirza Mohammad Mihrani |
| Died | 942 AH[1] / 1535–6 AD |
| Burial | |
| House | Mihranids[1] |
| Father | Qobad[1] |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Safavid Iran |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Marv |
Mirza Mohammad appears in sources from 1500.[5] He rebuked his serving official, Hamzeh Beg, for attempting to assassinate Ismail I (r. 1501–1524) during his residence in Talish, but soon weakened in his own support. He was intending to betray Ismail but was dissuaded by another follower of Ismail. He was a very active campaigner for the Shah Ismail and participated in numerous expeditions.[5] Under Shah Ismail, he was ranked among the Qizilbash tiyūl-holders.[4] It is not clear whether he remained the government of Astara since he appeared in command of qurchi troops of Talish during these campaigns.[5]
Another post that he held during Ismail's reign, was the superintendent of the Safavid Shrine.[6]
References
- Neʿmatollahi 2002, pp. 83.
- Neʿmatollahi 2002, pp. 180, 615.
- Nasiri 2008, p. 301.
- Ghereghlou 2017, p. 819.
- Reid 1983, p. 155.
- Ghereghlou 2017, p. 812.
Sources
- Ghereghlou, Kioumars (October–December 2017). "Chronicling a Dynasty on the Make: New Light on the Early Ṣafavids in Ḥayātī Tabrīzī's Tārīkh (961/1554)". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 137 (4): 805–832. doi:10.7817/jameroriesoci.137.4.0805 – via Columbia Academic Commons.
- 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 978-1-933823-23-2.
- Neʿmatollahi, Behrouz (2002). تاریخ جامع آستارا و حکام نمین [Comprehensive History of Astara and Rulers of Namin] (in Persian). Ardabil: Sheykh Safi al-Din. ISBN 964-6822-12-6.
- Reid, James J. (1983). Tribalism and Society in Islamic Iran, 1500–1629. Malibu, California: Undena Publications. ISBN 0-890031-25-8.
Further reading
- Ahmadi, Hossein (2005). تالشان: از دوره صفویه تا پایان جنگ دوم ایران و روس [The Talishis: From the Safavid Period till the End of the Second Russian-Persian War] (in Persian) (2nd ed.). Tehran: Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ISBN 964-361-326-7.
- Denison Ross, E. (April 1896). "The Early Years of Shāh Isma'īl, Founder of the Ṣafavī Dynasty". The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 28 (2): 249–340.
- Wood, Barry, ed. (2018). The Adventures of Shāh Esmāʿil: A Seventeenth-Century Persian Popular Romance. Translated by Barry Wood. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-38352-4.