The province of Hamadan (Persian: استان همدان), also known as Qalamru-ye Ali Shukr, was a western province of Safavid Iran and part of the Persian Iraq region. It was created in 1503 by Shah Ismail I (r. 1501–1524) after his conquest of the area.[1] From 1653/54 to 1694, it functioned as a khasseh (crown land).[2] It was composed of the administrative jurisdictions of Garrus, Harsin, Hastajoft, Kalhor, Khvar-Semnan, Ray, and Saveh-Haveh.[3]
List of governors
This is a list of the known figures who governed the Hamadan province.[4]
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1503 | Dedeh Beg |
| 1508 | Amir Beg Mowsellu |
| 1509 | Yegan Beg Ustajlu |
| 1515–1524 | Qarajeh Soltan Tekkelu |
| 1543 | Abdollah Khan Ustajlu |
| 1544 | Mohammad Soltan Alayinoghli |
| 1545–1555 | Cheragh Soltan Gerampa Ustajlu |
| 1561 | Beyram Khan ibn Seyf Ali Beg Baharlu |
| 1561–1568 | Mohammadi Khan ibn Amir Khan Mowselu |
| 1568–1573 | Amir Khan Mowselu Torkman ibn Mohammadi Khan |
| 1573–1576 | Fulad Khalifeh-ye Rumlu or Shamlu |
| 1577 | Amir Khan Mowsellu Torkman |
| 1577–1584 | Vali Beg [Soltan] Tekkelu ibn Ali Soltan Sharaf al-Din-oghlu |
| 1586 | Pir Ghey ibn Khan Ustajlu |
| 1586 | Shahverdi Khalifeh-ye Shamlu |
| 1586 | Vali Khan Tekkelu |
| 1588 | Qurkhoms Khan Rumlu |
| 1589 | Budaq Khan Chegani |
| 1589 | Qurkhoms Khan Shamlu |
| 1590 | Tahmaspqoli Soltan Arashlu Afshar |
| 1590 | Hoseynqoli Khan Arashlu Afshar |
| 1591 | Hasan Ali ibn Budaq Khan Cheghani |
| 1592 | Oghurlu Soltan Bayat |
| 1596 | Hoseyn Ali Khan Cheghani |
| 1596–1611 | [Qara] Hasan Khan Ustajlu |
| 1611–1623 | Safiqoli Khan |
| 1623–1626 | Hoseyn Khan Chavoshlu Ustajlu |
| 1637 | Pir Ghey Ustajlu |
| 1643 | Bektash Khan |
| 1648–1649 | Mortezaqoli Khan |
| 1675–1683 | Abdol-Qasem Khan |
| 1691 | Saru Khan Sahandlu |
| 1694 | Abbas Khan Ziyadoghlu Qajar |
| 1714 | Safiqoli Khan |
| 1723–1724 | Abu’l-Qasem Khan |
References
- ^ Floor 2008, p. 196.
- ^ Floor 2008, pp. 196–197.
- ^ Floor 2008, p. 197.
- ^ Floor 2008, pp. 196–199.
Sources
- Floor, Willem (2008). Titles and Emoluments in Safavid Iran: A Third Manual of Safavid Administration, by Mirza Naqi Nasiri. Mage Publishers. ISBN 978-1933823232.
