Vakhushti Khan
Vakhushti Khan (d. 1667/69) was a Safavid official and gholam from the Georgian Orbeliani clan, who served as the governor (hakem) of Shushtar from September 1632 up to his death in 1667 or 1669. His descendants continued to flourish in Shushtar well into Nader Shah's era. (r. 1736–1747).[1]
Vakhushti was a son of the Georgian nobleman Aslamaz.[2] He had two other brothers named Otar and Gorjasbi who would occupy high ranks as well.[3] According to Alexander Orbeliani (1802–1869), he had one more brother named Kaykhosrow.[4] He was a close relative of the wife of Shah Navaz Khan (Vakhtang V), Rodam.[5] The second son of Vakhushti, Aslamas (also known as Aslan), served as governor (beglarbeg) of Kandahar in 1694–95,[6] or 1696–1697.[7]
References
- ^ Maeda 2003, p. 247.
- ^ Maeda 2003, pp. 253, 270.
- ^ Maeda 2003, p. 247, 270.
- ^ Maeda 2003, pp. 248–249, 270.
- ^ Maeda 2007, pp. 125–136.
- ^ Maeda 2003, p. 249.
- ^ Floor 2008, p. 257.
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. pp. 257, 290–291. ISBN 978-1933823232.
{{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.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Maeda, Hirotake (2007). "Parsadan Gorgijanidze's Exile to Shushtar: A Biographical Episode of a Georgian Official in the Service of the Safavid Shahs". The Journal of Sophia Asian Studies (in Japanese). 25.
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