Jafarqoli Khan

{{Short description|Safavid official of Georgian origin, 1600s}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jafarqoli Khan | office = Governor of [[Astarabad]] | term_start = 1664/1666 | term_end = Unknown | predecessor = [[Jamshid Khan (military commander)|Jamshid Khan]] | allegiance = [[File:Safavid Flag.svg|22px|border]] [[Safavid Iran]] | successor = Mohammad Khan | monarch = [[Abbas II of Persia|Abbas II]] | parents = Unnamed daughter of [[Imam Quli Khan (Safavid governor)|Imam-Quli Khan]] (mother), Dāvūd (father) | relatives = Imam-Quli Khan (grandfather), [[Allahverdi Khan]] (great-grandfather), [[Daud Khan Undiladze]] (great-uncle) | blank2 = Clan | data2 = [[Undiladze]] }}

'''Jafarqoli Khan''', also known as '''Jafarqoli Beg''', was a [[Safavid dynasty|Safavid]] official of [[Georgians|Georgian]] origin who served as the governor (''beglarbeg'') of [[Safavid Astarabad|Astarabad]] in 1664 or 1666, during the reign of king [[Abbas II of Persia|Abbas II]] (1642-1666). A [[Lineal descendant|scion]] of the [[Undiladze]] clan, Jafarqoli Khan was a grandson of the celebrated Safavid military and political leader [[Imam Quli Khan (governor)|Imam-Quli Khan]], a son by one of his daughters and her husband Dāvūd (sometime governor of [[Dashtestan]]). Though the Undiladze family had almost been annihilated in its entirety in the early years of king [[Safi of Persia|Safi]]'s reign (1629-1642), the succession of the family amongst the Safavid court elites was assured by Jafarqoli.

==Sources== * {{cite book|last1=Floor|first1=Willem M.|title=Titles and Emoluments in Safavid Iran: A Third Manual of Safavid Administration, by Mirza Naqi Nasiri|date=2008|publisher=Mage Publishers|location=Washington, DC|isbn=978-1933823232|page=153}} * {{cite journal|last1=Maeda|first1=Hirotake|title=On the Ethno-Social Background of Four Gholām Families from Georgia in Safavid Iran|journal=Studia Iranica|date=2003|issue=32|pages=262, 272}}

{{s-start}} {{s-bef|before=[[Jamshid Khan (military commander)|Jamshid Khan]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Governor of [[Safavid Astarabad|Astarabad]]|years=1664 or 1666}} {{s-aft|after=Mohammad Khan}} {{s-end}}

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