For the 17th-century Safavid governor of Baghdad and Hamadan, see
Safiqoli Khan. For the 17th-century Safavid governor of Lar, see
Safiqoli Khan Undiladze.
Safiqoli Beg, later known as Safiqoli Khan (d. 1679), was a
Safavid official and gholam of
Georgian origin, who served as the governor (beglarbeg) of
Mashhad from 1664 to 1666, and of the
Erivan Province (also known as Chokhur-e Sa'd) from 1674 to 1679.
A
scion of the
Saakadze family, Safiqoli was a son of the former sepahsalar (commander-in-chief),
Rostam Khan (c. 1588 – 1 March 1643) and a brother of
Bijan Beg, sometime governor of the
Azerbaijan Province. Safiqoli Khan also served for some time as Divan-beigi (chancellor, chief justice).
Safiqoli had a son named
Rostam, another high-ranking Saakadze figure, and a namesake to Safiqoli's father.
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