Shahverdi Khan (Georgian)

Shahverdi Khan (fl. 17th-century) was a Safavid official of Georgian origin, who served as a governor (vali) of the Lorestan province during the reign of king Suleiman I (r. 1666–1694). In 1674, the people of the province revolted against him.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Matthee 2012, pp. 67-68.
↑ Floor 2001, p. 85.

Sources

Floor, Willem (2001). Safavid Government Institutions. Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers. ISBN 978-1568591353.
Matthee, Rudi (2012). Persia in Crisis: Safavid Decline and the Fall of Isfahan. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1845117450.

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