Khalifeh family

The Khalifeh family, also known as the Khalifeh sayyids, were a branch of the Marashi dynasty of Mazandaran, whose ancestor, Amir Nezam al-Din, had settled in the Golbar quarter of Isfahan in the 15th-century.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Even though the Khalifeh family was renowned of being descendants of the celebrated Marashi ruler Mir-i Buzurg (r. 1359–1362), they first became one of the leading families of Isfahan in the late 16th-century. But they were still affluent and distinguished enough to intermarry with local well-known families.^[4] According to the Safavid court historian Iskandar Munshi, "The Khalifeh family had held estates in the Isfahan area for generations."^[2]

References

↑ Newman 2008, p. 54.
1 2 Floor 2005, p. 448.
↑ Matthee 2010, pp. 383-384.
↑ Floor 2005, pp. 447-448.

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