Safiqoli Khan


Mirman Mirimanidze, better known as Safiqoli Khan, was a Safavid official and gholam who served during the reigns of Abbas I and Safi.

Biography

Safiqoli's original name was Mirman, and he was a member of the Mirimanidze clan. His father was named Malek Qorkhmaz, and he had a brother named Malek Atabek. One of his uncles, Tahmaspqoli, who was bestowed with the title Anīs ol-Dowleh, was the first influential gholam from the family.
Safiqoli rose steadily through the Safavid ranks to become a yuzbashi early on in his career. Later on, in 1618-1619, he became prefect of New Julfa in Isfahan, and was made governor of Hamadan shortly after, in 1619-1620. Following king Abbas I's recapture of Baghdad in 1624 during the Ottoman-Safavid War of 1623-1639, which ended many decades of Ottoman rule, Safiqoli was appointed as its new beglarbeg. In addition, he was made the local qurchi-bashi of the shrine city of Najaf.
His two close relatives included Mihrab Khan and Manuchehr.