Abd-ol-Ghaffar Amilakhori
Abd al-Ghaffar Amilakhori (also spelled Abd al-Gaffar; Anduqapar in Georgian sources; fl. 17th-century) was a leading Safavid Iranian noble from the Georgian Amilakhori clan.
Biography
Abd al-Ghaffar was raised at the Safavid court in Isfahan and was a "typical member of the new Georgian converted elite".[1] His father was named Faramarz Amilakhori, and his sister Tamar Amilakhori, the latter being the favourite concubine of king Abbas I (r. 1588—1629).[2] Abd al-Ghaffar was married to one of the daughters of Imam-Quli Khan, the prominent Safavid military and political leader.[1] According to the then contemporary Safavid historian Fazli Khuzani, Abd al-Gaffar was 22-years old at the time.[3] When in 1624, then incumbent Safavid king Abbas I married his granddaughter to Semayun Khan (Simon II), Abd al-Gaffar was a companion to the bride, and, on the order of the Safavid-Georgian officer Murav Beg (Giorgi Saakadze) he and Sohrab (Zurab) Araghvis Eristavi entertained the guests during the third term of the aforementioned marriage.[1] Likewise to the marriage of Semayun Khan to Abbas' granddaughter, Abd al-Ghaffar's marriage to one of Imam-Quli Khan's daughters was arranged by the king.[1]
When in 1626 Abd al-Ghaffar and his wife were captured by rebellious Georgians, king Abbas sent an army to their resque, and, when informed about this, the rebels sent them, according to Fazli Khuzani, to the relatives of Abd al-Ghaffar himself, as well as those of Allahverdi Khan (the father of Imam-Quli Khan).[4]
References
- ^ a b c d Floor & Herzig 2015, p. 484.
- ^ Floor & Herzig 2015, p. 483.
- ^ Floor & Herzig 2015, p. 489.
- ^ Maeda 2003, pp. 263–264.
Sources
- Floor, Willem; Herzig, Edmund (2015). Iran and the World in the Safavid Age. I.B.Tauris. p. 481. ISBN 978-1780769905.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Maeda, Hirotake (2003). "On the Ethno-Social Background of Four Gholām Families from Georgia in Safavid Iran". Studia Iranica (32): 1–278.
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