17th century Safavid prince who occupied high offices under Shah Abbas I
Painting of Isa Khan Safavi.
Isa Khan Safavi (Persian: عیسی خان صفوی), also known as Isa Khan Shaykhavand (آوند عیسی خان شیخ) was a Safavid prince, who occupied high offices under king (shah) Abbas I (r. 1588–1629).
lifetime. Abbas I of Persia sent a large army under the command of IsaKhanSafavi (the qurchi-bashi) to quell the uprising, and made him the commander...
Kakheti, Khosro-Mirza was one of three generals, along with IsaKhanSafavi and Rostom-Khan Saakadze, sent by Shah Abbas I to defeat the Georgian rebellion...
that held more positions at the same time. For example, Rostam Beg (later "khan") simultaneously held the positions of sepahsalar / amir ol-omara, tofangchi-aghasi...
Abolnasr Sam Mirza Safavi (Persian: ابوالنصر ساممیرزا صفوی; 16 October 1517 – 1566) was a Safavid prince, a son of king (shah) Ismail I (r. 1501–1514)...
most of Iran. In 1494, the Aq Qoyunlu captured Ardabil, killing Ali Mirza Safavi, the eldest son of Haydar, and forcing the 7-year-old Ismail to go into...
governor of Tabriz, who is sometimes confused with Sultanum's father, IsaKhan, who was Tahmasp's maternal uncle. Ismail spent his childhood in the court...
not exclusively) Turkic-speaking background united in their adherence to Safavi Shia Islam. Apart from Turkomans, the Qizilbash also included Kurds, Lurs...
dignity from the northern mountains at Kandahar, Sultan Muzaffar Husain Mirza Safavi, of the royal house of Persia, who was the son of Sultan Husain Mirza, the...
Khan (Simon II of Kartli), Otar Beg Orbeliani, Abd-ol-Ghaffar Amilakhori, Sohrab I, Duke of Araghvi (Zurab), Pishkinid dynasty, Haydar Mirza Safavi,...
proceeded to do. Timur then spent some time in Ardabil, where he gave Ali Safavi, leader of the Safaviyya, a number of captives. Subsequently, he marched...
Tahmasp's lala, and the governorship was given to his younger son, Sam Mirza Safavi. During his years in Herat, Tahmasp developed a love for writing and painting...
Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri (1892–1981), was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and author, and leader of the Sunni Barelvi movement following the death of its...
II of Imereti to the throne of Kartli, Jesse of Kakheti also known as "IsāKhān". Raised at the court in Isfahan and a Muslim, he was fully loyal to the...
of Iran (Persia) and was the daughter of Mirza Badi-uz-Zaman Safavi (titled Shahnawaz Khan), who was the viceroy of Gujarat. She married Prince Muhi-ud-din...
Mirza, son of Bahram Mirza Safavi, and widow of Hamza Mirza; Yakhan Begum (m. 1 September 1602), daughter of Khan Ahmad Khan and Maryam Begum; Princess...
intrigues of Malik Kafur deprived Khizr Khan of succeeding legitimately to the throne. Malik Kafur had Khizr Khan blinded and Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah (1316–20)...
1397) Mela Huseynê Bateyî (1417–1495) Izz al-Din Shir (d. 1423) Khvajeh Ali Safavi (d. 1427) Idris Bitlisi (1457–1520) Shaykh Junayd (d. 1460) Hosam al-Din...
Afghanistan Ayub Khan who was living in Rawalpindi at the time. Prominent Muslim figures of the Pakistan Movement such as Maulana Zafar Ali Khan, Attaullah...
Iranica Vol. VIII, Fasc. 6, pp. 628-636 Ghereghlou, Kioumars (2016). ḤAYDAR ṢAFAVI. Encyclopaedia Iranica Khanbaghi, Aptin (2006). The Fire, the Star and the...
Khan (second time), 1652–1654 Prince Murad Bakhsh, 1654–1658 The following are the Mughal viceroys of Gujarat under Aurangzeb: Shah Nawaz KhanSafavi...
harmonium, tabla and dholak are used. Pakistani singing maestro Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is credited with popularizing qawwali all over the world. Walī (Arabic: ولي...
Crossroads, 2001 ISBN 978-0-8245-2352-7. Rumi's Thoughts, edited by Seyed G Safavi, London: London Academy of Iranian Studies, 2003. William Chittick, The...
moon Salawat Mawlid Nuh (Noah) Ibrahim (Abraham) Musa (Moses) Isa (Jesus) Second Coming of Isa People of Ya-Sin Stories of The Prophets List of Islamic texts...
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