The province of Kandahar (Persian: استان قندهار, romanized: Ostān-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]
Safavid Kandahar Ostān-e Qandahar | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1537–1538 1545 1558–1592 1622–1638 1649–1709 | |||||||
| Status | Province of Safavid Iran | ||||||
| Capital | Kandahar | ||||||
| Government | Province | ||||||
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List of governors
editThis 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
edit- ^ Floor 2008, p. 265.
- ^ Floor 2008, p. 128.
- ^ Floor 2008, p. 129.
- ^ Floor 2008, pp. 256–257.
- ^ Matthee & Mashita 2010, pp. 478–484.
- ^ Floor 2008, p. 124.
Sources
edit- 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
edit- Jaśkowski, Stanisław Adam (2023). "The Safavids and "Candechar, King of the Indies": Polish-Lithuanian Intelligence on Safavid-Mughal Relations". Journal of Persianate Studies. 15 (2): 174–214. doi:10.1163/18747167-bja10030.