Grand Vizier to Safavid shahs Safi and Abbas II (c.1579-1645)
Saru Taqi
Portrait of Saru Taqi, attributed to Mo'en Mosavver (or his school), Iran, before 1645
Grand Vizier of Iran
In office 1633–1645
Monarchs
Shah Safi (r. 1629–1642) Abbas II (r. 1642–1666)
Preceded by
Mirza Taleb Khan Ordubadi
Succeeded by
Khalifeh Soltan
Personal details
Born
1579 Tabriz, Safavid Iran
Died
1645(1645-00-00) (aged 65–66) Safavid Iran
Religion
Twelver Shia Islam
Mirza Mohammad Taqi (Persian: میرزا محمد تقی; c. 1579 – 11 October 1645), better known as Saru Taqi (سارو تقی, meaning "Taqi the blond") was a eunuch[a] in Safavid Iran, who served as the Grand Vizier of the Safavid king (shah) Safi (r. 1629–1642) and the latter's son Abbas II (r. 1642–1666) until he was assassinated on 11 October 1645.
Mirza Mohammad Taqi (Persian: میرزا محمد تقی; c. 1579 – 11 October 1645), better known as SaruTaqi (سارو تقی, meaning "Taqi the blond") was a eunuch...
The SaruTaqi Mosque, built during the Safavid dynasty, is located in the bazaar of Hassanabad in Isfahan, . "Encyclopaedia of the Iranian Architectural...
ghulam (military slave) named Mirza Mohammad Taqi Khan, more famously known as SaruTaqi. As a eunuch, SaruTaqi had access to the royal harem, and used this...
inherited the throne when he was nine, and had to rely on a regency led by SaruTaqi, the erstwhile grand vizier of his father, to govern in his place. During...
1642, his son Abbas II ascended the throne. A triumvirate consisting of SaruTaqi, Mohammad Ali Khan and Jani Khan Shamlu, worked in alliance with Anna...
dishonored by SaruTaqi, who then secretly had him assassinated. The reason behind these actions was due to a personal hatred SaruTaqi had towards the...
(Khassa). But it was Shah Safi, under influence by his Prime Minister, SaruTaqi, that initiated the program of trying to increase the royal revenues by...
early years of Abbas II's reign, when he was still young, grand vizier SaruTaqi functioned as his regent, with Dilaram's strong support. Dilaram Khanum...
eunuch SaruTaqi, due to a personal hatred he had towards the Ordubadi family, the reason being that Hatem Beg had denied to give SaruTaqi's father a...
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army, becoming a match for the Ottomans. It was during the vizierate of SaruTaqi (1633-1645) under Abbas I that the gholams reached their zenith of power...
1644 the Bakhtiari tribes revolted, but both revolts were suppressed by SaruTaqi. On February 22, 1649, Kandahar was re-occupied by the Safavids. The city...
eunuch SaruTaqi, due to a personal hatred he had towards the Ordubadi family, the reason being that Hatem Beg had denied to give SaruTaqi's father a...
Safi Mirza Taleb Khan Ordubadi 1632 1633 Persian Ordubadi family Safi SaruTaqi 1633 11 October 1645 Unknown Safi, Abbas II Khalifeh Soltan 14 October...
Nasiri Ordubadi (2nd time) (1623 – 28 July 1634) (for Safi of Persia) SaruTaqi (11 August 1634–1644) (for Safi of Persia and Abbas II) Khalifeh Soltan...
sessions of learned discussions". On 11 October 1645, the grand vizier SaruTaqi was murdered under the orders of Abbas II, who appointed Khalifeh Soltan...
was eventually defeated by a group of Safavid governors, which included SaruTaqi, the governor of Gilan and Mazandaran. Gharib Shah, along with 2,000 of...
SaruTaqi Mosque Religion Affiliation Shia Islam Province Isfahan Province Location Location Isfahan, Iran Shown within Iran Geographic coordinates 32°40′04″N...
Saruq (Persian: بس ساروق, also Romanized as Bās Sārūq; also known as Bas Sārū, Bāsh Sārūq, and Sārūj) is a village in Sarjam Rural District, Ahmadabad...
Enlil-ibni, was scholar. During the reign of Abi-esuh, the king, Gimil-Gula and Taqis-Gula were the scholars. During the reign of [...], the king, Esagil-kin-apli...
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Qizilbāshes was also issued under Bayezid II by the then Ottoman Mufti Hamza Saru Görez (d. 1512). Bayezid II's son, Selim I, however did not think his father...