Safavid Kandahar

Safavid Kandahar
Ostān-e Qandahar
1537–1538
1545
1558–1592
1622–1638
1649–1709
StatusProvince of Safavid Iran
CapitalKandahar
GovernmentProvince
Succeeded by
Hotaki dynasty

The province of Kandahar (Persian: استان قندهار, romanizedOstān-e Qandahar) was an eastern province of Safavid Iran centered around the city of Kandahar,[1] and one of the four provinces of the Khorasan administrative region.[2] It was composed of eight lower-ranking dependencies, Bost-Gereskh, Zamindavar, K.ri (Duki?), Y.ki (Chutiyali?), Garmsir-e Qandahar, Ghuriyan and the tribal district of the Hazaras, which included Qalat.[3]

List of governors

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This is a list of the known figures who governed Kandahar.[4][5] Beglerbeg, hakem and vali were all administrative titles designating the governor.[6]

Date Governor Observations
1537–1538 Budaq Khan Qajar Hakem of Kandahar
1538–1545 None Ruled by the Mughal Empire
1545 Budaq Khan Qajar Hakem of Kandahar. Second tenure
1545–1558 None Ruled by the Mughal Empire
1558–1576 Hamzeh Beg Dhu'l-Qadr Hakem of Kandahar
1576 Fulad Khalifeh-ye Shamlu Hakem of Kandahar
1577–? Hamzeh Beg Dhu'l-Qadr Hakem of Kandahar. Second tenure
1587 Mozaffar Hoseyn Mirza Hakem of Kandahar
1588 Qur Hamzeh Hakem of Kandahar
1588 Rostam Mirza Hakem of Kandahar
1589–1592 Mozaffar Hoseyn Mirza Hakem of Kandahar. Second tenure
1592–1622 None Ruled by the Mughal Empire
1622–1626 Ganj Ali Khan Hakem of Kandahar
1626–1638 Ali Mardan Khan Son of the previous governor. Hakem of Kandahar
1638–1649 None Ruled by the Mughal Empire
1649 Mehrab Khan Hakem of Kandahar and Astarabad
1649–1662/63 Otar Beg Hakem of Kandahar
1662/63–? Mansur Khan Brother of the previous governor. Beglerbeg of Kandahar
?–1673 Jamshid Khan
1673–? Zal Khan
1694–1695 Dervish Khan Soltan Beglerbeg of Kandahar
1696 Mohammad Ali Khan
1696, 1697 Aslamas Beg Beglerbeg of Kandahar
1698 Kalb Ali Khan Beglerbeg of Kandahar and vali of Astarabad
1698–1699 Abdollah Khan Beglerbeg of Kandahar
1704–1709 Gorgin Khan Beglerbeg of Kandahar and Kerman

References

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  1. ^ Floor 2008, p. 265.
  2. ^ Floor 2008, p. 128.
  3. ^ Floor 2008, p. 129.
  4. ^ Floor 2008, pp. 256–257.
  5. ^ Matthee & Mashita 2010, pp. 478–484.
  6. ^ Floor 2008, p. 124.

Sources

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  • Floor, Willem (2008). Titles and Emoluments in Safavid Iran: A Third Manual of Safavid Administration, by Mirza Naqi Nasiri. Washington, D.C.: Mage Publishers. ISBN 978-1933823232.
  • Matthee, Rudi; Mashita, Hiroyuki (2010). "Kandahar iv. From The Mongol Invasion Through the Safavid Era". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume XV/5: Ḵamsa of Jamāli–Karim Devona. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 478–484. ISBN 978-1-934283-28-8.

Further reading

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