Baghdad Province (Safavid Empire)
Baghdad Province | |||||||||
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1508–1534 | |||||||||
Status | Province of the Safavid Empire | ||||||||
Capital | Baghdad | ||||||||
Religion | Islam | ||||||||
Government | Province | ||||||||
Governor | |||||||||
Historical era | Early modern period | ||||||||
• Established | October 1508 | ||||||||
December 1534 | |||||||||
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Today part of | Iraq |
The Baghdad Province (Persian: ولایت بغداد, romanized: Velāyat-e Baghdād) was a province of the Safavid Empire, centred on the territory of the present-day Iraq.[1] Baghdad was the provincial capital and the seat of the Safavid governors.[2]
In October 1508, Shah Ismail entered into Baghdad. He appointed as governor of Iraq and Baghdad a certain Khadem Beg Talish.[3] After the Shah took Baghdad, the city and its environs remained in Safavid hands until the Ottomans took the area in 1534 during the Campaign of the Two Iraqs.[4]
Other names
The Baghdad province later partly known as a
Diyarbakr province fell to Ottomans in 1514 and only Baghdad province remained in the hands of Safavids.History
In the last years of
Ebrahim Khan Kalhor, governor of Baghdad, was killed by his own nephew, the chief of the
The Safavids managed to reclaim Baghdad in early 17th century. In January 1624, they
Administration
The Baghdad province was consisted of Hilla, Ramadiyeh, Wasit, Kirkuk, Mandali, Zahab and other subordinate districts. Najaf, Karbala, Kazemeyn and Samarra were the important cities of the province.[2] Aftermore, Jastan district was a dependency of the Baghdad province.[17]
The governor also was Amir al-umara (commander-in-chief) of the province.[18]
Mint
There was a mint in Baghdad in which gold, silver and copper coins were struck.[14]
List of governors
- Khadem Beg Talish (1508–?)[2]
- Seyyed Suleiman (before 1518)[2]
- Ebrahim Khan Kalhor (?–1528)
- Zu'l-Faqar Khan Kalhor (1528–1529)[19] (usurper)
- Ali Beg Mawsillu (1528–1529)[19]
- Mohammad Khan Takkalu (Sharaf al-Din Sultan) (1529–1534)[19]
Footnotes
Notes
- Arabian Iraq corresponded to much of the now-days Iraq, while Persian Iraq included the central regions of now-days Iran.[5]
References
- ^ Floor 2001, pp. 97–98.
- ^ a b c d Nasiri 2008, p. 157.
- ^ a b c Zaryab 2006.
- ^ Matthee 2006.
- ^ Nasiri 2008, p. 131.
- ^ Floor 2001, p. 4.
- ^ Nasiri 2008, p. 132.
- ^ Woods 1999, p. 195.
- ^ Woods 1999, p. 165.
- ^ Duri 1960, p. 903.
- ^ a b Jaques 2007, p. 95.
- ^ Savory 1980, p. 89.
- ^ Stanley 2007, p. 59.
- ^ a b Duri 1960, p. 904.
- ^ Maeda 2003, p. 253.
- ^ Mikaberidze 2011, p. 177.
- ^ Nasiri 2008, p. 209.
- ^ Floor 2001, p. 97.
- ^ a b c Nasiri 2008, p. 158.
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