Safiqoli Khan Undiladze

Safiqoli Khan (also spelled Safi Qoli; died 1632) was a Safavid official of Georgian origin, who served as the governor (hakem) of Lar in 1629-1630 (1st tenure) and in 1632 (2nd tenure) during the reign of king Safi (r. 1629–1642).[1][2]

For the son of the 17th-century Safavid commander-in-chief Rustam Khan, see Safiqoli Khan (son of Rostam Khan). For the 17th-century Safavid governor of Baghdad and Hamadan, see Safiqoli Khan.
Safiqoli Khan Undiladze
Imam-Quli Khan taking leave of his sons before they were executed. From a Jarūnnāmeh by Qadrī. Isfahan style, dated 1697
Governor of Lar
In office
1629–1630
MonarchSafi of Persia
Preceded byKhvajeh 'Abdol-Reza
Succeeded byEbrahim Khan
In office
1632–Unknown
MonarchSafi of Persia
Preceded byEbrahim Khan
Succeeded byKalb 'Ali Beg (Khan)
Personal details
Died1632
Parent
RelativesAllahverdi Khan (grandfather), Daud Khan Undiladze (uncle)
ClanUndiladze
Military service
Allegiance Safavid Iran

A scion of the Undiladze clan, he was a son of Imam-Quli Khan and thus a grandson of the highly celebrated Safavid military commander and statesman Allahverdi Khan.[1] In late 1632, during the widespread purges that were initiated by the order of king Safi himself, Safiqoli was executed along with his father and brother.[3]

References
  1. Maeda 2003, p. 272.
  2. Floor 2008, p. 231.
  3. Matthee 2012, p. 38.

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. ISBN 978-1933823232.
  • Maeda, Hirotake (2003). "On the Ethno-Social Background of Four Gholām Families from Georgia in Safavid Iran". Studia Iranica (32): 1–278.
  • Matthee, Matthee (2012). Persia in Crisis: Safavid Decline and the Fall of Isfahan. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1845117450.
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