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Safavid Hamadan

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Safavid Hamadan
Velāyat-e Hamadān
Province
CountrySafavid Iran
CapitalHamadan

The province of Hamadan (Persian: استان همدان), also known as Qalamru-ye Ali Shukr, was a western province of Safavid Iran and part of the Persian Iraq region. It was created in 1503 by Shah Ismail I (r.1501–1524) after his conquest of the area.[1] From 1653/54 to 1694, it functioned as a khasseh (crown land).[2] It was composed of the administrative jurisdictions of Garrus, Harsin, Hastajoft, Kalhor, Khvar-Semnan, Ray, and Saveh-Haveh.[3]

List of governors

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This is a list of the known figures who governed the Hamadan province.[4]

Year Name
1503Dedeh Beg
1508Amir Beg Mowsellu
1509Yegan Beg Ustajlu
1515–1524Qarajeh Soltan Tekkelu
1543Abdollah Khan Ustajlu
1544Mohammad Soltan Alayinoghli
1545–1555Cheragh Soltan Gerampa Ustajlu
1561Beyram Khan ibn Seyf Ali Beg Baharlu
1561–1568Mohammadi Khan ibn Amir Khan Mowselu
1568–1573Amir Khan Mowselu Torkman ibn Mohammadi Khan
1573–1576Fulad Khalifeh-ye Rumlu or Shamlu
1577Amir Khan Mowsellu Torkman
1577–1584Vali Beg [Soltan] Tekkelu ibn Ali Soltan Sharaf al-Din-oghlu
1586Pir Ghey ibn Khan Ustajlu
1586Shahverdi Khalifeh-ye Shamlu
1586Vali Khan Tekkelu
1588Qurkhoms Khan Rumlu
1589Budaq Khan Chegani
1589Qurkhoms Khan Shamlu
1590Tahmaspqoli Soltan Arashlu Afshar
1590Hoseynqoli Khan Arashlu Afshar
1591Hasan Ali ibn Budaq Khan Cheghani
1592Oghurlu Soltan Bayat
1596Hoseyn Ali Khan Cheghani
1596–1611[Qara] Hasan Khan Ustajlu
1611–1623Safiqoli Khan
1623–1626Hoseyn Khan Chavoshlu Ustajlu
1637Pir Ghey Ustajlu
1643Bektash Khan
1648–1649Mortezaqoli Khan
1675–1683Abdol-Qasem Khan
1691Saru Khan Sahandlu
1694Abbas Khan Ziyadoghlu Qajar
1714Safiqoli Khan
1723–1724Abu'l-Qasem Khan

References

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  1. Floor 2008, p. 196.
  2. Floor 2008, pp. 196–197.
  3. Floor 2008, p. 197.
  4. Floor 2008, pp. 196–199.

Sources

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  • Floor, Willem (2008). Titles and Emoluments in Safavid Iran: A Third Manual of Safavid Administration, by Mirza Naqi Nasiri. Mage Publishers. ISBN 978-1933823232.