Mehdi Qoli Khan Shamlu | |
|---|---|
مهدی قلی خان شاملو | |
._Istanbul%2C_1590._TSMK%2C_R._1296%2C_fol._48b.jpg) Ottoman–Safavid banquet scene in Erzurum, following the Treaty of Constantinople (1590), with child-hostage Safavid Prince Haydar Mirza (left), Ottoman commander Ferhad Pasha (center) and Safavid ambassador Mahdiquli Khan (right).[1] | |
| Safavid ambassador to Ottoman Empire | |
| In office 1590 | |
| Monarch | Abbas the Great |
| Governor of Bia-Pish | |
| In office 1592–1593 | |
| Monarch | Abbas the Great |
| Preceded by | Khan Ahmad Khan (Kia'i rule) |
| Personal details | |
Tribe | Shamlu |
Mehdi Qoli Khan Shamlu, also Mahdiquli Khan (Persian: مهدی قلی خان شاملو) was a Turkoman military officer from the Shamlu tribe.
Career
Following the Treaty of Constantinople (1590) putting an end to the Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590), he was a Safavid ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, who escorted the child-hostage and Safavid Prince Haydar Mirza to Istanbul.[1] An illustrated Ottoman manuscript, the Book of Treasury of the Conquest of Ganja, records the details of a reception in Erzurum for the Safavid party, in which Mehdi Qoli Khan appears as a guest of honor at the head of the table, to the left of Ottoman Commander Ferhad Pasha, and near the young Prince Haydar Mirza.[1]
He briefly served as the Safavid governor of Bia-pish (eastern Gilan) from 1592 to 1593.
After the fall of the Kia'i dynasty, shah Abbas I appointed Mehdi Qoli Khan as the governor of Bia-pish, while Ali Beg Sultan was appointed as the governor of Bia-pas (western Gilan). One year later, however, Mehdi Qoli Khan was dismissed by the shah due to his bad management of the province. He is thereafter no longer mentioned.
Sources
- Casale, Sinem Arcak (2023). Gifts in the Age of Empire. Ottoman-Safavid Cultural Exchange, 1500–1639. The University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226820422.
- Kasheff, Manouchehr (2001). "GĪLĀN v. History under the Safavids". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. X, Fasc. 6. pp. 635–642.
- Mitchell, Colin P. (2009). The Practice of Politics in Safavid Iran: Power, Religion and Rhetoric. I.B.Tauris. pp. 1–304. ISBN 978-0857715883.
- Casale 2023, p. 152.