Mohammad-Ali Khan (sepahsalar)

Mohammad-Ali Khan was a Safavid official and military commander of Lezgian origin. He served as a commander-in-chief of the army (sepahsalar) and as a governor (hakem) of the Erivan Province (also known as Chokhur-e Sa'd), during the reign of king Sultan Husayn (1694-1722).

For the 18th-century Safavid governor of the Azerbaijan Province, see Mohammad-Ali Khan of Tabriz.

A nephew of grand vizier Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani (1716-1720), Mohammad-Ali Khan served during the chaotic years in which the Safavid state was crumbling and in a state of heavy decline.[1] He was killed in 1716 following a revolt by the people of his province, and was succeeded by his twelve-year old (unnamed) son, who was also appointed governor (vali) of Georgia and of Tabriz.[2]

References
  1. Matthee 2012, pp. 209, 223.
  2. Matthee 2012, pp. 209–210, 223.

Sources
  • 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. 173. ISBN 978-1933823232.
  • Matthee, Rudi (2012). Persia in Crisis: Safavid Decline and the Fall of Isfahan. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1845117450.
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