The Ustajlu were a powerful Turkoman tribe, with a main presence in Azerbaijan (in the northwest of Persia) and in Khorasan (north central Persia). They were particularly active during the early Safavid period in the 16th century.[2] The Ustajlu were particularly powerful during the reign of Shah Ismail (1504–1524), as they held some of the most important positions in the Safavid state, including the position of qurchibashi (Commander of the Shah’s guard regiment).[3] Other powerful tribes (oymaqs) were the Shamlu and the Tekkelu.[3]
Some notable people with the surname include:
- Abdollah Khan Ustajlu (died 1566/67), Iranian dignitary of Turkoman origin
- Badr Khan Ustajlu, Turkoman military officer
- Evaz Beg Ustajlu, Turkoman military officer
- Mohammad Khan Ustajlu (died 1514), Iranian military commander
- Mohammad Khan Tokhmaq Ustajlu, 16th-century Iranian official
- Salman Khan Ustajlu, Turkoman military leader
References
- ^ Papuashvili 2020, p. 55 “The right upper part of the miniature shows the scene of wounding the Iranian commander – Kara Khan by the Ottoman soldier. And below there is the image of Tokmak Khan drawing the bow (Arif,1914).”
- ^ Farrokh, Kaveh (20 December 2011). Iran at War: 1500-1988. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-78096-221-4.
- ^ a b Forbes Mans, Beatrice. Nomads in the Middle East. Cambridge University Press. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-521-81629-8.
Sources
- Papuashvili, Tamar (10 December 2020). “The Childiri Battle According To Şecâ’atnâme” (PDF). 2nd Intertational Conference on Research in Social Sciences and Humanities: 55. doi:10.33422/2nd.icrsh.2020.12.08.